Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde (R) NEW DELHI: BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form Mahayuti 2.0 ending days of suspense over government formation in the state after the ruling coalition’s landslide victory in the assembly elections. However, there is still no clarity if caretaker chief…
Ajit Pawar (left) and Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Has the dynamics within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti changed? Ajit Pawar‘s NCP, which had come under intense attack from several quarters, including the RSS, after Mahayuti’s dismal performance in Lok Sabha elections, seems to have moved closer to the BJP after the assembly elections. With the Shiv Sena…
NEW DELHI: Is “sulking” Eknath Shinde delaying the formation of BJP-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra? Nine days after Mahayuti won a “Maha” mandate, there is still no end to the “Maha” suspense on the contours of the next government. For the second time in the last four days, a meeting of the Mahayuti leaders had…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday announced that the new Mahayuti govt will be sworn in on Dec 5 in what is being seen as a signal to Eknath Shinde to make up his mind fast about joining the govt led by Devendra Fadnavis.State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said in a post on X that the…
A day after the Mahayuti leaders’ meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM’s post.The swearing-in of the Maharashtra cabinet is…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar announced plans to contest the upcoming Delhi assembly elections in a bid to reclaim the party’s national status after a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections. He declared his intent to contest Delhi assembly polls during a felicitation ceremony at the NCP office in Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Has the stage been set for reversal of roles between BJP‘s Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra? Well, caretaker chief minister Shinde on Wednesday dropped enough hints about a change of guard in Mahayuti even though he did not say that in as many words. Shinde on Wednesday addressed a…
(From left) Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Ajit Pawar. NEW DELHI: Mahayuti leaders, including Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar, are likely to meet BJP’s high command on Thursday, reported news agency PTI citing sources.In the meeting, one CM and two deputy CMs formula…
With clamour growing in the Sena for him to be CM again, Shinde appealed to Sena workers – some of whom came up with the slogan ”Ek’nath hain to safe hain’ to push for him as CM – not to gather at Varsha, the CM’s official residence, to demand that he be made CM. MUMBAI:…
Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Sources indicated that this decision has been communicated to NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) which is comfortable with the idea of Fadnavis’s return to the office he held between 2014 and 2019 and then, briefly, for a few days in 2019. Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Sources…
