With only a few hours left for the swearing-in of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar as Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, there is no clarity over whether caretaker CM Eknath Shinde will be sworn in as the other DCM. In a press conference on Wednesday, Shinde clarified that he has happily extended his …
MUMBAI: Eight days after the ruling Mahayuti’s thumping victory in Maharashtra, its leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar held talks with Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi amid indications that the final call on chief ministership could be made in a day or two. Highly placed sources said out of total 42 ministerial slots in the outgoing …
Amid uncertainty over cabinet expansion of the coalition government, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar landed in Nagpur on Tuesday evening to meet his party legislators and chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. HT Image Pawar, seen as the grand architect of the coalition government led by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, held meeting with party MLAs late Tuesday evening. Senior NCP leader …