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IMAGE: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis along with Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde. Photograph: @mieknathshinde/Twitter Fadnavis's announcement defied expectations that he would return as chief minister with the support of the Shinde faction. Shinde alone will take oath of office at 7.30 pm, and cabinet expansion will take place later, Fadnavis said at a press conference at Raj Bhavan premises after meeting Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari along with Shinde. "I will not betray the faith Fadnavis has placed in me," Shinde told the media. The BJP will extend support to Shinde's group, said Fadnavis, a former chief minister and currently leader of opposition in the Assembly. The BJP is the single largest party in the legislature. "I will be out of government but will ensure smooth functioning of the government which is coming as an alternative after Uddhav Thackeray resigned," Fadnavis said. Sena (rebels) as well as BJP MLAs and some independents will be sworn in as ministers during the expansion, he added. This was not a battle for power but for principles and Hindutva ideology, he said, adding that the BJP was against imposing elections on the state at this juncture. There was unrest in the Shiv Sena ranks as alliance with Congress and NCP was insult of the mandate of the 2019 Assembly polls when Sena and BJP had fought the polls together, he said. "Uddhav Thackeray aligned with parties (Congress and NCP) whom (Sena founder) Bal Thackeray opposed all his life," Fadnavis claimed. Th...

SC unlocks disqualification proceedings against Shinde, but cannot reinstate Uddhav as CM The Supreme Court Constitution Bench holds that the Governor erred in calling for a trust vote without ‘objective material’ to show Uddhav Thackeray government had lost support May 11, 2023 01:03 pm | Updated 10:09 pm IST - Mumbai Sena vs Sena: Uddhav camp welcomes SC’s verdict However, the court also said that Governor Koshyari was right in inviting Mr. Shinde to form the new government as Mr. Thackeray had resigned before the floor test. This means that the Shinde government will continue in power for now. ‘Floor test was error’ “The Governor had no objective material on the basis of which he could doubt the confidence of the incumbent government… Floor test cannot be used as a means to settle differences within a political party… The Governor erred in concluding that Mr. Thackeray had lost support… The discretion to call for a floor test is not an unfettered discretion,” a Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud observed. The court, however, said that it could not quash the voluntary resignation of Mr. Thackeray as Chief Minister a day ahead of the floor test on June 30, and thus reinstate his MVA government. Sena vs Sena | A series of signs that Supreme Court viewed Shinde’s route to power with skepticism “This court cannot quash a resignation that has been submitted voluntarily. Had Mr. Thackeray refrained from resigning from the post of the Chief Minist...

Last Updated: 30th June, 2022 23:23 IST Maharashtra News Highlights: Shinde Becomes CM, Fadnavis Deputy; PM, Uddhav Congratulate The MVA government collapsed on June 29 after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as the Maharashtra CM preferring to avoid the floor test. Meanwhile, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis announced that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Shinde alone will take oath of office at 7.30 pm, and cabinet expansion will take place later. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday claimed that BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis did not appear to be happy while accepting the deputy chief minister's post in Eknath Shinde's government. "I think Fadnavis has not accepted the number two position happily. His facial expression said it all," Pawar told reporters in Pune. "(But) He is from Nagpur and he has worked as a `swayamsevak' (with the RSS) and there, when an order comes, it has to be followed," the NCP chief said, adding that Fadnavis might have accepted a junior position due to this`sanskar' (values). "I don't think that the one who led MLAs to Assam had expected more than the post of Deputy CM. But in BJP, as per order- be it from Delhi or Nagpur -CM post has been given to Eknath Shinde...The person who was CM and LoP has been asked to take oath as Dy CM. It's shocking," says NCP chief Sharad Pawar. After Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addressed the media and said, "I have congratu...

Maharashtra CM Uddhav submits resignation to governor after SC refuses to stay floor test Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday resigned ahead of floor test tomorrow. The Supreme Court rejected Uddhav government's plea and refused to stay the floor test in the Maharashtra assembly tomorrow. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala heard arguments on behalf of Shiv Sena, its rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, and the Governor on the plea in the hearing conducted after 5 pm through hybrid mode. Stay with TOI for the latest developments: Read Less

Maharashtra: Shinde In (M)Ad Rush To Control Damage; DCM Sulks, Avoids CM Maharashtra: Shinde In (M)Ad Rush To Control Damage; DCM Sulks, Avoids CM The advertisement committed new mistakes by adding photographs of Shiv Sena ministers at the bottom. Those included the ministers with shoddy performance whom the BJP wanted to be dropped from the cabinet Chief Minister EknathShindeand his party slipped in damage-control modeon Wednesday by releasing yet another full-page advertisement to “correct” the previous omissions and announced a ‘coordination committee’ to look after the alliance affairsevenas the miffed Deputy Chief Minister DevendraFadnavisskipped public appearance withShindefor thesecondconsecutiveday. Based on the same survey quoted in previous advertisement, the advertisement appeared in select newspapers on Wednesday said 49.3 per cent of people wanted the united leadership ofShindeandFadnavisalong with a prominent photograph of the duo. The advertisement also sought to correct past mistakes by incorporating pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the de facto in-charge of the BJP's affairs in Maharashtra and those of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe, the mentor of CMShinde. The advertisement also proclaimed that 46.4 per cent of people wanted the BJP-Sena alliance government again in the state. However, in an attempt to correct the previous mistakes, the advertisement committed new mistakes by adding photog...

As per the news agency PTI, a group of right-wing activists held a demonstration against the purported use of Tipu Sultan's image along with an 'objectionable' audio message that was allegedly shared as social media status by some people. Maharashtra CM urges people to maintain peace Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday appealed for calm and said that nobody should take the law into their hands. "Law and order is the responsibility of the government, Home Department. No one will be allowed to take the law and order into their hands. In such situations, action will be taken against those people. The Home Department and the Home Minister himself are keeping a close watch on the situation. I'm monitoring the situation myself through the senior officials", he said. "Police are also taking action. At the same time, it is our collective responsibility to ensure that the people should also maintain peace, and no untoward incident happens anywhere,"he added. Case registered against four According to officials, the police registered a case against four people who carried posters of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb during a procession in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, a video of which later went viral on the internet. "Amid music and dance in the procession, four persons carried posters of Aurangzeb. An offence was registered against these four persons under Indian Penal Code sections for intention to incite a community to commit an offence against another community, hu...

Exactly a week after he took oath as the twentieth chief minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde on Thursday officially took charge at Mantralaya, the state government's administrative headquarters in Mumbai. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde (right) with deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. (twitter.com/mieknathshinde) “Took charge as the chief minister of Maharashtra at chief minister's office in Mantralaya. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was also present on the occasion. Accepted his greetings wholeheartedly,” Shinde tweeted in Marathi. Also Read | Maharashtra: CM Eknath Shinde pulls up officials over biker’s pothole death Shinde said his family members also attended the ceremony. “My father Sambhaji Shinde, wife Lata, son Shrikant, daughter-in-law Vrushali and grandson Rudransh were also present,” the 64-year-old politician tweeted. Also, in a possible statement of intent, a large portrait of Shiv Sena founder, the late Bal Thackeray, was in photos from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), tweeted by Shinde. Also Read | Eknath Shinde's wife plays drums to welcome the new Maharashtra CM On June 20, he began a revolt against Sena supremo and then-chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray, and set in motion a chain of events that culminated with Thackeray stepping down from the top post, on June 29. A day later, Eknath Shinde took over as CM, with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy. The development, however, came as a surprise, as it was widely expected that Fadnavis, a former CM, would succeed T...