Shiv Sena On Maharashtra Government Formation

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde will be the Chief Minister, the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, in a move that very saw coming. "I will stay out of the government and ensure it runs smoothly," Mr Fadnavis said.

A senior BJP leader from Maharashtra on Tuesday evening said his party was exploring the possibility of government formation in the state, amid a crisis in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi due to the rebellion of Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.

Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has weighed in on government formation in Maharashtra slipping away from the BJP's hands as the result of a "lust for power" - and added a warning for his successor in Karnataka, the BJP's BS Yediyurappa.

Soon after Uddhav Thackeray was named Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress government in Maharashtra on Tuesday night, a leader of his party announced his resignation on Twitter. Ramesh Solanki tweeted that he was "making the most difficult decision" of his life "with a heavy heart."

Ajit Pawar, after his whirlwind rebellion against uncle Sharad Pawar and 80-hour stint as deputy Chief Minister of a BJP-led government, returned to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) family on Wednesday with a warm hug from cousin Supriya Sule outside the Maharashtra assembly.

Maharashtra Government: 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 in a dramatic turn of events. NCP's Ajit Pawar, his deputy, had also res...

When BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister in an early Saturday morning function, outsmarting the Shiv Sena-Congress-BJP combine, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, in a sharp jibe, had said "anything can happen in politics and cricket." After the collapse of the 80-hour government on Tuesday, it was the NCP's turn to take a sw...

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis on Tuesday tweeted a poetic verse hours after her husband resigned from his post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will be invited to a function where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sena said on Tuesday

The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress have challenged in the Supreme Court the closing of nine corruption cases in the irrigation scam allegedly involving NCP's Ajit Pawar, who switched sides and became Deputy Chief Minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government on Saturday. The three parties have also asked the...

At the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress show of strength at a Mumbai five-star hotel on Monday evening, there were 158 MLAs not 162 as the three parties declared in posters, tweets and hashtags. But the four absentees are accounted for, tweeted Shiv Senas Priyanka Chaturvedi after the event that also starred Sena chief Uddhav T...

The Supreme Court will today decide on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP in Maharashtra. The top court on Monday, after an 80-minute hearing, said it would give a decision at 10:30 am today on the petition filed by the newly formed Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party combine, which claimed it has the...

The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress staked claim to power in Maharashtra on Monday after submitting signatures of support from 162 MLAs to the Governor. The NCP, whose Ajit Pawar claims the party is with the BJP, submitted the signatures of 51 of its 54 MLAs.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said leaders of his party and the NCP and Congress will meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday to present their side for government formation in the state.

Devendra Fadnavis took charge in Maharashtra today and won more time to rally numbers as the Supreme Court, after an 80-minute hearing, said it would declare its decision tomorrow on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP on Saturday morning. The centre argued that Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited Devendra Fadnavi...

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde will be the Chief Minister, the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, in a move that very saw coming. "I will stay out of the government and ensure it runs smoothly," Mr Fadnavis said.

A senior BJP leader from Maharashtra on Tuesday evening said his party was exploring the possibility of government formation in the state, amid a crisis in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi due to the rebellion of Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.

Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has weighed in on government formation in Maharashtra slipping away from the BJP's hands as the result of a "lust for power" - and added a warning for his successor in Karnataka, the BJP's BS Yediyurappa.

Soon after Uddhav Thackeray was named Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress government in Maharashtra on Tuesday night, a leader of his party announced his resignation on Twitter. Ramesh Solanki tweeted that he was "making the most difficult decision" of his life "with a heavy heart."

Ajit Pawar, after his whirlwind rebellion against uncle Sharad Pawar and 80-hour stint as deputy Chief Minister of a BJP-led government, returned to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) family on Wednesday with a warm hug from cousin Supriya Sule outside the Maharashtra assembly.

Maharashtra Government: 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 in a dramatic turn of events. NCP's Ajit Pawar, his deputy, had also res...

When BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister in an early Saturday morning function, outsmarting the Shiv Sena-Congress-BJP combine, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, in a sharp jibe, had said "anything can happen in politics and cricket." After the collapse of the 80-hour government on Tuesday, it was the NCP's turn to take a sw...

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis on Tuesday tweeted a poetic verse hours after her husband resigned from his post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will be invited to a function where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sena said on Tuesday

The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress have challenged in the Supreme Court the closing of nine corruption cases in the irrigation scam allegedly involving NCP's Ajit Pawar, who switched sides and became Deputy Chief Minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government on Saturday. The three parties have also asked the...

At the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress show of strength at a Mumbai five-star hotel on Monday evening, there were 158 MLAs not 162 as the three parties declared in posters, tweets and hashtags. But the four absentees are accounted for, tweeted Shiv Senas Priyanka Chaturvedi after the event that also starred Sena chief Uddhav T...

The Supreme Court will today decide on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP in Maharashtra. The top court on Monday, after an 80-minute hearing, said it would give a decision at 10:30 am today on the petition filed by the newly formed Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party combine, which claimed it has the...

The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress staked claim to power in Maharashtra on Monday after submitting signatures of support from 162 MLAs to the Governor. The NCP, whose Ajit Pawar claims the party is with the BJP, submitted the signatures of 51 of its 54 MLAs.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said leaders of his party and the NCP and Congress will meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday to present their side for government formation in the state.

Devendra Fadnavis took charge in Maharashtra today and won more time to rally numbers as the Supreme Court, after an 80-minute hearing, said it would declare its decision tomorrow on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP on Saturday morning. The centre argued that Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited Devendra Fadnavi...