Amid the ongoing row over Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s comment on Shivaji, which drew the ire of several political leaders in the state, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Fadnavis has come out in his support, claiming that he ‘misinterpreted’. Koshyari kicked up a storm in the state on November 19 when he called Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj an ‘old …
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 …
