On Wednesday night, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Maharashtra Chief Minister soon after Supreme Court refused to stay a floor test in the assembly.
Eknath Shinde will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra, not Devendra Fadnavis, announced the BJP leader on Thursday. Shinde, the rebel Shiv Sena leader, will be sworn in at 7pm.
Uddhav has now made it clear that although he has vacated the chief minister's chair, he will now be sitting at the Shiv Sena Bhavan, the party's headquarters, to meet the party leaders and workers.
A group of rebel Maharashtra MLAs, led by Shinde, were flown to Guwahati today morning and were taken to a luxury hotel on the outskirts of the city amid tight security.
The MLA-MP duo had backed off from their agitation citing PM Narendra Modi's visit to Mumbai tomorrow. They were arrested just a few hours for allegedly "creating enmity between different groups" after escorting them out of their house in suburban Khar amid high drama.
The Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly said the apex court's decision is "another tight slap" on the face of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress for its "unconstitutional, unethical, unfair, illegal and undemocratic actions"
The case is linked to the alleged attack on a Shivsena worker, Santosh Parab.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Amruta Fadnavis explains the story behind her picture with drug peddler Jaideep Rana.
Speaking at a public event in adjoining Navi Mumbai, Fadnavis -- who faced ridicule for his throaty 'Mee Punha Yaeen!' (I will return!) rant before the October 2019 assembly polls -- again went into a self-patting mode, which had the Opposition in splits and taking potshots.
Sanjay Raut compared BJP and Shiv Sena's relationship to that of Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao's.
"There is one chief minister and many super chief ministers in this government. Many of the ministers consider themselves as chief minister and make announcements themselves," Fadnavis said
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 14,123 new cases, lowest since March 10.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the opposition would cooperate with the state government in tackling thecoronavirus disease.
With the BJP losing power in Jharkhand to JMM-Congress-RJD alliance on Monday, Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday night called for recalibration in strategy for the states where the saffron party is facing a challenge from a united opposition bloc.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the state Assembly's winter session, set to begin from Monday, is a "farce" as the Uddhav Thackeray-led government has not completed the allocation of portfolios to minsters.
The petitioner said Fadnavis did not appear before the court as he had "pre-decided" to seek an exemption for appearance on Wednesday. Uke cited a report published in a national daily on November 4 in which Fadnavis' counsel stated that the BJP leader need not personally remain present on the date and can seek an extension.
Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader Fadnavis was on Sunday named leader of opposition (LoP) in the Assembly.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi appearing for the BJP submitted that the Governor had gone with the party with the support of 170 MLAs. Rohtagi said that the others have never claimed that the MLAs' signatures were forged.
Hours after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to place before it on Monday the letters of Maharashtra Governor recommending revocation of President's rule and inviting Devendra Fadnavis to form a government, the BJP said the court's decision strengthens its claim that Ajit Pawar continues to be the NCP's legislature party leader.
Shiv Sena senior leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a dig at BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar's early morning oath-taking ceremony by calling it 'Accidental Shapath Grahan' (accidental swearing-in). Raut's tweet comes hours before the Supreme Court hearing on the combine petition filed by the Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party seeking quashing of the Maharashtra Governor's decision to swear-in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister.
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