Indiatvnews.com brings to you breaking news, live updates from Maharashtra, where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is set to be sworn-in as the chief minister. In a dramatic turn of events, Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis had resigned from their posts of Deputy CM and Chief Minister respectively, on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS:
Uddhav Thackeray was elected by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine on Tuesday evening as its a nominee for Maharashtra's CM post, following the resignation of Devendra Fadnavis whose second stint as Chief Minister lasted only 3 days. The Sena supremo met the Governor and staked claim to form government in the state. Thackeray was accompanied by legislature party leaders of the three parties as he headed for Raj Bhavan to meet Governor B K Koshyari, a Sena leader said.
After over a month of complexed political manoeuvres, finally, on November 26, Maharashtra's political situation now looks clear. Through the day, we saw Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar step down from their posts after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test before 5 pm on Wednesday. In the second half of the day, the attention shifted to the NCP and the Shiv Sena who chose the leader of the Maha Vikas Aghadi as Uddhav Thackeray and declared him as their CM candidate. Ajit Pawar also tried to sort out things at his end as he went to meet his uncle Sharad Pawar at his residence.
Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra CM-designate, Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Tuesday remembered his father, to whom he had made a promise that one day a Thackeray will be Maharashtra CM. Uddhav also thanked Congress President Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who played a key role in making sure that Congress and Shiv Sena, two parties of opposite ideologies, come together to keep out BJP and form a government in Maharashtra.
Former NCP legislative party leader and nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar has reached out to his uncle after siding with the BJP for most part of the last few days. Ajit Pawar stepped down as the Deputy CM of Maharashtra earlier today making sure that Devendra Fadnavis' second stint as Chief Minister ends in just about 3 days
Personifying his image as a Maratha warrior, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar made a grand entry at the Trident hotel on Tuesday evening with the MLAs chanting "Maharashtra cha ekch wagh, Sharad Pawar, Sharad Pawar," which means Maharashtra has only one tiger, Sharad Pawar, Sharad Pawar. Over the last few days, Pawar has proved himself to be the true kingmaker despite jolted by his nephew Ajit Pawar.
In the past four weeks of unprecedented political crisis in Maharashtra, he pranced and pounced towards the final kill, even as the Sena was threatened with virtual oblivion after its 30-year-old ally Bharatiya Janata Party dumped it and dismissed it from the NDA.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid homage to Dr BR Ambedkar and said that people of India should follow the ideals eshrined in the Constitution of the country. Mamata, referring to Maharashtra's political situation, also said that citizens should matter not individuals.
NCP Spokesperson Nawab Malik said on Tuesday that Party supremo Sharad Pawar had told him that Uddhav Thackeray will be the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. Malik speaking to news agency ANI said, "Sharad Pawar saheb had said that Uddhav ji will be the Chief Minister and Uddhav ji has also agreed to this."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kalidas Kolambkar is set to be Protem Speaker of Maharashtra. He will shortly take oath at the Raj Bhawan here.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis addressed a press conference where he resigned from his post of the CM. Fadnavis' PC comes moments after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy CM of Maharashtra. IndiaTVnews.com brings to you the highlights from the Press Conference.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Maharashtra Government to conduct a floor test to prove its majority in the House by 5 p.m. on Wednesday after considering the competing claims of the opposition parties.
Pronouncing its order on the Maharashtra floor test, the Supreme Court directed Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to ensure that all elected members of the house are sworn in on Wednesday itself. The entire exercise has to be completed by 5 pm.
MLAs of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress had gathered at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Monday evening for a show of strength and administered an "oath of allegiance" hours after the three parties staked claim to power.
Drawing a comparison between freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and Gover Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the Saamana editorial said, "One Bhagat Singh had given up his life for the independence of the country, while another Bhagat Singh killed the democracy in the dark of the night."
In a dramatic turn of events, Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday. Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, was appointed the deputy chief minister.
Maharashtra witnessed another day of 'Maha' drama. Devendra Fadnavis stepped down as the CM after his deputy, Ajit Pawar also tendered his resignation. Political scenario in the state now looks clear with the Maha Vikas Aghadi having a clear majority and Uddhav Thackeray as their leader. IndiaTVnews.com brings to you all the highlights from November 26.
Ashish Shelar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called the joint parade of MLAs by Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress, an 'insult to the MLAs and the people who elected them'. He also took a sarcastic jibe a the three parties by saying, "Photo yours, photographer yours, Photo finish will be BJP's"
"I pledge not to fall prey to any inducements by the BJP" - That's what the legislators of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine vowed on Monday at the unprecedented parade of 162 MLAs in a show of strength. The MLAs took oath in the presence of senior leaders of the three parties -- Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Mallikarjun Kharge.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, addressing a gathering of MLAs of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress' newly formed alliance said that there will be no problem for the alliance to prove its majority on the floor of the house.
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