NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday requested his supporters not to assemble outside Varsha Niwas, the chief minister’s official residence, or any other location in his support.“After the great victory of Mahayutti, our government will be formed once again in the state. As a grand alliance, we contested the election together and…
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…
NEW DELHI: Who will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra? It’s advantage Devendra Fadnavis amid suspense over which Mahayuti leader gets the top job. The BJP, with 132 seats – only 12 less than the half-way mark in the 288-member assembly, is the strongest contender for the post and needs only one ally to…
MUMBAI: The ‘Devendra Fadnavis or Eknath Shinde‘ conundrum continues for Mahayuti on the question of who should be the new CM even as there are indications that BJP would not want to delay the return of Devendra Fadnavis to Varsha, the CM’s official residence in Mumbai.Shinde would have been a shoo-in as CM had the…
MUMBAI: While Ajit Pawar was on Sunday unanimously elected group leader of the NCP legislature party, sources said that on the question of the chief minister’s post, the party has taken the view that in view of the assembly poll results, it would be appropriate if Devendra Fadnavis is placed at the helm of affairs…
NEW DELHI: There is unalloyed joy in BJP over the Maharashtra victory. However, its ally, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, may now have mixed feelings over the result because of the sheer numbers raked in by BJP.After BJP’s best-ever performance in the western state, with the party missing the majority mark of 145 by just 13…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said there is no race for the chief minister’s post in Mahayuti.He told TOI, “We have secured an unprecedented victory. It was a tsunami of a different kind, and the entire opposition has almost been wiped out, but there is no race for the CM’s post….
NEW DELHI: With a clear mandate for the Mahayuti in Maharashtra assembly election results, who will form the next government is settled. Now the question in focus is – who will be the next chief minister? As celebrations began in the Mahayuti camp after the historic victory, an image of two leaders Eknath Shinde and…
Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde (M), Ajit Pawar (R) NEW DELHI: With Maharashtra handing over a landslide victory to the ruling Mahayuti, the focus now shifts to “Kaun Banega ‘Maha’ Mukhya Mantri”? Interestingly, the people of Maharashtra, with their decisive mandate, seems to have solved what appeared to be one of the most contentious issues among…
NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Ek Hain to Safe Hain’ rhetoric in his first reaction after mahayuti‘s sweeping victory in Maharashtra assembly election.Taking to X, Fadnavis said, “Ek hain to safe hain. Modi hai to mumkin hai.” As of the latest election commission data, the BJP-led…
