(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…
Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis threw a cue on Wednesday that deliberations are still underway on who would take the state’s CM charge as suspense mounts over the top post.On being asked about the new Maharashtra CM face, Fadnavis said that the answer would be given soon and…
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:…
NEW DELHI: The BJP in Maharashtra would be feeling a strange sense of deja vu. Five years after Uddhav Thackeray‘s Shiv Sena claimed that there was an agreed “deal” with the BJP over rotational chief minister, now Eknath Shinde‘s Sena says there was a “deal” with the saffron party for the top job if Mahayuti…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday suggested Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde to consider stepping aside and allow Devendra Fadnavis to assume the role of Maharashtra chief minister.While speaking to reporters, the minister suggested that Shinde could serve as deputy chief minister or seek a position in the Union cabinet.“The Maharashtra dispute should…
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…
