Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Fadnavis holds the honour of being the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. In the past, he has also been recognised as the youngest municipal corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 21. He was the second youngest mayor elected in India, when he served as the Mayor of Nagpur at the age of 27, in 1997. He is also the only person to be re-elected as the Mayor in Council in Maharashtra. He has been an MLA representing Nagpur, since, 1999. A lawyer by profession, Fadnavis holds law degree from Nagpur Law College. He also has a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from DSE, Berlin. His wife, Amruta Ranade is a branch manager in Axis Bank.
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Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis will take oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Friday.Earlier, BJP MLAs unanimously elected him the leader of the legislature party Tuesday evening.Devender Fadnavis had all along been a forerunner in
Mumbai: From an obscure corporator to becoming the youngest mayor of Nagpur, to the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis's climb up the political ladder has been steady.In a state dominated by Maratha
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis today met Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form the next government in the state.Prakash Javdekar, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Ramdas Athawale, Raju Shetty, Vinayak
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will be the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra.He was elected as the leader of BJP legislature party by the newly elected MLAs of the party.The name of Fadnavis, state
New Delhi: The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Maharashtra will meet today evening in Mumbai to elect the Legislature Party leader and also who will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister
Mumbai: The new BJP government in Maharashtra is likely to be sworn in on October 29 or 30, party sources said here on Saturday.Union minister Rajnath Singh, BJP's central observer for election of the legislature
Mumbai: As back channel talks continued between Shiv Sena and BJP to explore the possibility of a coalition government in Maharashtra, there were strong indications today that the latter may form a government on its
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to go to Mumbai on Monday to discuss government formation in Maharashtra amid back channel talks between BJP and estranged ally Shiv Sena for a possible tie-up.Singh
Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and discussed ‘important' issues but said there was no talk on politics in Maharashtra where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in the process
Nagpur: Amidst calls by several BJP MLAs in Maharashtra for Union minister Nitin Gadkari to be made the state's chief minister, the senior leader today said he was happy working at the Centre.“I am happy
Nagpur: Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis, who is considered front-runner to lead the state as first chief minister of the saffron party, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the latter's residence here.Sources described the
Nagpur: Amid talk that BJP Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis could be party's chief ministerial choice, Nagpur-East MLA Krishna Khopde today offered to quit and vacate his seat to pave way for his mentor Nitin
New Delhi: BJP appears to have decided to keep Shiv Sena in suspense while going ahead with government-formation with the unconditional backing of NCP as Devendra Fadnavis emerged the front-runner in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal
Mumbai: With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging the single largest party in the assembly polls, the race for the post of Chief Minister is gaining momentum in Maharashtra.BJP's State unit chief Devendra Fadnavis (44) is
Mumbai: With BJP set to emerge as the single-largest party in Maharashtra assembly poll, its state president Devendra Fadnavis today said the next Chief Minister will be from the party."BJP will form the next government
Mumbai: The BJP said Sunday that it was confident of forming a government in Maharashtra -- for the first time."We will get the required majority" in the 288-member assembly, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and possible
New Delhi: Maharashtra Assembly election results will be out on Sunday. Exit polls have predicted BJP emerging as single largest party. The party is also exploring possibilities of joining hands with parties like NCP and
Mumbai: Polling for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held tomorrow to decide the fate of 4,119 candidates, including former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, in the fray on 228 seats.The polling will begin at
Mumbai: Under fire from opponents for alleged double-speak on Vidarbha statehood demand, Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis has said the issue has never been a part of their manifesto, as creation of states is under
Pune: The BJP virtually hijacked Shiv Sena's slogan “Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji” at the workers' rally addressed here by party president Amit Shah, indicative of a political one-up-manship in the backdrop of an ongoing bitter
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