NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday told NCP leader Ajit Pawar that he will become CM one day. While speaking in the legislative assembly, he emphasised that he and his deputy chief ministers will be work in different shifts throughout the day. Fadnavis said Ajit Pawar will work in the morning shift…
NEW DELHI: NCP veteran politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who is unhappy after being overlooked for a cabinet berth in the newly sworn-in Fadnavis government, appealed to his supporters to express their discontent in a “civil” manner rather than resorting to derogatory actions against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.The response came after various OBC organisations and activists…
BJP and Congress should move beyond debates over Nehru and Savarkar, and focus on growth issues, Uddhav Thackeray said. NAGPUR: In his bid to reclaim the hardline Hindutva turf after being accused of abandoning the party’s core ideology, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday questioned BJP on why the nation’s highest civilian honour,…
NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra cabinet was expanded on Sunday as 39 MLAs were administered oath as ministers by governor PC Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur.In the expansion, the BJP got 19 ministerial berths, followed by 11 for Eknath Shinde‘s Shiv Sena and 9 for Ajit Pawar‘s Nationalist Congress Party. Including CM…
Ramdas Athawale (File photo/ PTI) NEW DELHI: Republican Party of India (Athawale) chief Ramdas Athawale claimed Maharastra CM Devendra Fadnavis had promised him that his party would get a berth in his state cabinet, expansion of which took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. Awathle also expressed displeasure that he wasn’t invited to…
NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra cabinet was sworn in on Sunday in the presence of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered oath to the ministers at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur.The swearing-in of the state cabinet in Nagpur, which comes a day before the winter session of…
NEW DELHI: Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has decided to boycott the Maharashtra government‘s tea party to be hosted on the eve of winter session of the legislature. “Opposition MVA to boycott Maharashtra govt’s tea party,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Sunday.Speaking at a Nagpur press conference, Danve emphasised that despite their…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and other legislators during a special three-day session of Maharashtra Assembly, in Mumbai (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have boycotted the oath-taking ceremony on the first day of the Maharashtra assembly special session. Talking about the opposition’s decision to skip the…
Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis (C), Ajit Pawar (R) NEW DELHI: The three-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly began on Saturday with the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs, and the election of a new Speaker is scheduled as part of agenda.This session, which sets the stage for the upcoming winter session in Nagpur from December…
