Devendra fadnavis

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Shiv Sena is trying to stitch an alliance with Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to form a government. read more

Nawab Malik also attacked former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his recent remark that a non-BJP government will not last for more than six months, saying the latter spoke, like the general of a defeated army, to boost the morale of... read more

A Sena-NCP-Congress government will alter politics and administration, and affect each party’s fortunes read more

Sharad Pawar, who was on a visit to Nagpur to take stock of the damage to crops after unseasonal rains, dismissed any threat to the new political alliance after the BJP failed to submit its claim of forming a government. read more

President’s rule was imposed in the state on Tuesday after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari sent a report to the Centre, stating that formation of a stable government was impossible in the current situation despite all his efforts. read more

Sanjay Raut’s comments came after Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Sena for not speaking up when Prime Minister Modi repeatedly spoke about Devendra Fadnavis as the chief minister of Maharashtra during the campaign for the assembly elections. read more

BJP chief Amit Shah has asked Shiv Sena why it did not oppose the move to project Devendra Fadnavis as the CM candidate before. read more

Fadnavis opting to call himself ‘sevak’ also resonates with Prime Minister Modi’s frequent assertions that he was the ‘Pradhan Sevak’ and not the ‘Pradhan Mantri’. read more

This is a clear indication that the BJP, which won 105 seats in the state elections, may embark on ‘Operation Lotus’ in Maharashtra, on the lines of the one they managed in Karnataka, to get the requisite numbers to prove their majority. read more

Based on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s recommendation that “the government of the state of Maharashtra cannot be carried on in accordance with the constitution”, the Centre recommended President’s rule. read more

On Monday, senior state BJP party leaders went into a huddle at chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s residence, Varsha, to observe the moves in the Opposition as well as Sena camp. The party’s core committee meetings went on through the day with breaks,... read more

The BJP does not have the numbers. Others lack political coherence read more

The BJP’s surprise move on Sunday prompted hurried reactions from the Sena, Congress and NCP. With the BJP stepping aside, the focus has now shifted to the stand of the Congress and the NCP, which collectively have 98 MLAs. Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay... read more

On its part, the Shiv Sena interpreted that the CM post would be shared for two-and-a-half years each between the allies. But the BJP later said that there was no such agreement. read more