Maharashtra’s politics took another turn on Thursday with the announcement of rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s name for the post of State’s Chief Minister. Both sides term the meetings as “courtesy calls.” October 30, 2019 - Shiv Sena cancels a meeting with the BJP after Mr. Fadnavis denies a half-term chief ministerial post to its ally. November 12, 2019 …
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said Governor BS Koshyari’s decision is not subject to judicial scrutiny and sought from the Supreme Court two to three days’ time to prove its majority on the floor of the assembly. The Sena, NCP and Congress had urged the top court to direct Governor Koshyari to conduct a floor test and let chief …
It's been almost three weeks since results were released for the Maharashtra assembly election. Break-up of the Maharashtra assembly election results: BJP : 105 Shiv Sena: 56 Congress: 44 Nationalist Congress Party: 54 Other parties: 16 Independents: 13 While the BJP looked set to return to power with the help of its ally Shiv Sena, there was some cause for …
After winning the Maharashtra elections together, the BJP is keen to continue with Devendra Fadnavis as the chief minister, whereas the Sena has sought ’equal sharing of power’ ahead of the government formation. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote on Monday met with state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, amid the ongoing tussle between ruling …
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