New Delhi/Mumbai: In a special assembly session in Maharashtra, interim speaker Kalidas Kolambkar administered oath to the MLAs today. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday called the special session hours after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the Chief Minister of the Maharashtra government. NCP's Ajit Pawar, his deputy, also resigned on Tuesday afternoon. The resignations came after the Supreme Court ordered an "immediate" floor test, to be telecast live, so that Mr Fadnavis could prove his majority in the assembly
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in on Thursday as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, an unthinkable alliance because of its ideologically mismatched constituents. "I had never dreamed of leading the state. I would like to thank (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi and others," Mr Thackeray said after being elected to lead the alliance.
Here are the highlights on Maharashtra government formation:
Nov 27, 2019 21:27 (IST)
Arvind Kejriwal unlikely to attend swearing in of Uddhav Thackeray
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to attend the swearing in ceremony of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray
Nov 27, 2019 20:23 (IST)
2000 police officials to be deployed at Shivaji Park tomorrow
Around 2000 police personnel will be deployed at Shivaji Park for the swearing in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as Maharashtra Chief minister tomorrow.
Nov 27, 2019 20:15 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee invited to swearing-in
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been invited to the swearing-in of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as the new chief minister of Maharashtra, sources at the CMO said.
Nov 27, 2019 18:14 (IST)
Preparations underway for Uddhav Thackeray''s oath-ceremony, 400 farmers invited
Around 400 farmers from various districts of Maharashtra have been invited for Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony. "Around 400 farmers from various districts of Maharashtra have been invited for Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony tomorrow. To give respect to the farmers, family members of those farmers who committed suicide have also been invited," Sena leader Vinayak Raut said.
Nov 27, 2019 17:49 (IST)
Uddhav Thackeray meets Sharad Pawar ahead of swearing-in ceremony
Maharashtra Chief Minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray met NCP president Sharad Pawar. The two leaders are expected to discuss issues related to the latter' s ministerial council and the swearing-in ceremony, to be held at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Thursday evening.
