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Mumbai’s Azad Maidan has been transformed into a fortified zone for the event. Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will take oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the third time today. The event in Mumbai will also see Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and NCP’s Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Ministers in the newly…
Mr Shinde said he would announce his decision on taking oath as deputy chief minister later. Mumbai: A press conference in which Devendra Fadnavis announced that he would take oath as the Maharashtra chief minister at 5.30 pm on Thursday, capping days of speculation, also served as the stage for some banter between allies, with…
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Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister elect of Maharashtra, has met Governor CP Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form government, two weeks after the assembly election results were declared. He was accompanied by allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. The meeting comes shortly after the BJP ended the long-drawn suspense over the Chief Minister post,…
Ajit Pawar’s NCP, meanwhile, has demanded a share equal to that of the Shinde faction. Mumbai: Two days ahead of the oath ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the ruling alliance is yet to announce the name of the incumbent. Sources, though, say a formula has been arrived at for the division of…
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Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis in consultation (File). Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis met outgoing Shiv Sena boss Eknath Shinde in Mumbai Tuesday evening, amid continuing suspense, and an absorbing tug-of-war, over the identity of the next Maharashtra Chief Minister. The meeting is being seen as an outreach by the BJP – to placate…
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Mumbai: Eknath Shinde, the outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister, was taken to a Thane’s Jupiter Hospital Tuesday afternoon after doctors recommended a “full examination” of his health and medical status. Mr Shinde – at the centre of a tug-of-war in the Maharashtra chief ministerial race – may be admitted, but sources played down talk of an…
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has named Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and ex-Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as the designated ‘observers’ for a meeting of its newly elected Maharashtra MLAs later today, at which the issue of the next Chief Minister may be settled. No formal announcement has been made so far, but Devendra Fadnavis,…
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Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Nagpur South West is the constituency of Devendra Fadnavis. The demand for naming Devendra Fadnavis as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra is growing. This time, posters have come up in Nagpur reinforcing the demand and the people who put it up includes an MLA from the Eknath Shinde faction of the…
Aaditya Thackeray has questioned the delay in Mahayuti announcing its Chief Minister face Mumbai: A decision on the next Maharashtra Chief Minister will be taken during a meeting of the BJP legislative party tomorrow, Shiv Sena chief and caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said today. “This government is the people’s government. I have clarified my…
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The oath-taking ceremony of the new Maharashtra cabinet has been announced by the BJP, but there’s no word yet on who will occupy the Chief Minister’s post. The ceremony will take place at 5 pm on December 5 at Mumbai’s iconic Azad Maidan. The event will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said BJP Maharashtra…
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