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.
Read MoreMaharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has lost moral ground, they are working only for power. After so many incidents, Maharashtra CM is silence, Pawar Sahab held two press conference, he just tried to protect the minister: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP Maharashtra
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The political row in Maharashtra between the police and the ruling party of the state over Anil Deshmukh's extortion controversy is getting murkier by the day. Launching a scathing attack on the Maharashtra govt on Tuesday, former CM Devendra Fadnavis said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) exposed itself after trying to protect the home minister.
Crisis is hovering over the government of Maharashtra. After the Rs 100 crore recovery scandal, the transfer racket has now surfaced. Former CM Devendra Fadnavis has revealed this in a press conference. He also showed a letter here, in which Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner of the State Intelligence Department, told the DGP of Maharashtra about the transfer-posting racket.
Devendra Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly and former chief minister of the state, said on Tuesday that he had submitted all evidence to the Union Home Secretary pertaining to the alleged transfer posting racket of IPS and non-IPS officers of Maharashtra Police.
Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis reaches delhi to meet Union Home Secy to hand over Data (Call Recordings and Documents) Related to Mumbai Police's 'Transfer Posting Racket'
At a press conference on Tuesday, Devendra Fadnavis released a report of the state intelligence department report which the BJP leader said showed that money transfers happened in high-level postings in the police force in Maharashtra.
BJP today released a letter related to transfer-posting of officials, claiming brokerSantosh Jagtap took the name of some of the top leader including CM Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and many more.
BJP leader, Devendra Fadnavis has sought time from Union Home Secretary to meet him and hand him over 6.3 GB of data of call recordings & some documents pertaining to alleged transfer posting racket of IPS and non-IPS officers of Maharashtra Police
Sharad Pawar created this govt (Maharashtra) hence he is defending them. Sachin Waze was brought back in service on orders of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Home Minister only. Pawar Sahab is fleeting away from the truth, says Devendra Fadnavis.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh after ex-Mumbai top cop levelled extortion allegations against him.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday made several explosive claims in connection with the mystery SUV case. Addressing a press conference, Fadnavis said that arrested police officer Sachin Vaze was just a "small fish" in a big conspiracy, further prompting investigating agencies to probe his "political bosses".
Devendra Fadnavis said that reinstatement of suspended API Sachin Vaze into the police force last year was a violation of a Bombay High Court order. After the change of government, the Sena reinstated Vaza citing manpower shortage during the Covid 19 pandemic, Fadnavis said.
After Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze was sent to judicial custody of NIA in connection with the explosive-laden car found outside Mukesh Ambani, leader of opposition in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Governor pointed out that the post of Assembly Speaker is vacant for over a week, this is equivalent to failure of Constitutional machinery, said Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on March 05.
Teera Kamat, a five-month-old girl from Mumbai, who is suffering from a rare medical condition, her parents had appealed through social media to waive off 23 per cent import duty and 12 per cent GSTthat addeed Rs 6 cr to the cost of Rs 16 crore treatment.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra has cut down the security cover for Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and MNS chief Raj Thackeray.
This is the first elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre scrapped Article 370 and bifurcated it into two Union Territories. There are 140 DDC seats in Jammu, 14 in each district across the region that recorded heavy turnout of voters in the
Accepting their defeat in recently-concluded Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, Leader of Opposition and former CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the BJP miscalculated combined power of the three parties (Maha Vikas Aghadi).
Devendra Fadnavis's remark came while he was commenting on a controversy that erupted after a Shiv Sena leader asked a "Karachi Sweets" shop owner in Mumbai to omit the word "Karachi" from the name.
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