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…
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde clicks selfie with women, at an event in connection with Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde took a moment to celebrate the Mahayuti alliance’s resounding victory in the 2024 Assembly elections by acknowledging the role of the state’s women. At an event related to…
NEW DELHI: To say Uddhav Thackeray is facing an existential crisis barely scratches the surface of the turmoil engulfing the son of Balasaheb Thackeray.Uddhav has lost not only the iconic Shiv Sena name but also the legendary bow-and-arrow symbol to Eknath Shinde, a former loyalist turned formidable adversary, who also claimed the coveted chief minister’s…
MUMBAI: Six months is a long time in politics. The ruling Mahayuti had suffered a major setback in the state in the Lok Sabha elections. But it has made a crushing comeback in the assembly elections, winning 230 of the state’s 288 assembly seats – at 80%, that’s more than a three-fourths majority. MVA, which…
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 chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday established himself, and rather convincingly, as the leader of the real Shiv Sena.With his party winning 57 seats – one more than the undivided Shiv Sena’s 56 in the 2019 assembly elections and a staggering 35 more than Shiv Sena-UBT’s Saturday tally – he now has the…
NEW DELHI: Uddhav Thackeray‘s bold decision to challenge the BJP in 2019 and form an alliance with the Congress and NCP has resulted in a significant electoral setback in the Maharashtra assembly elections, where his Shiv Sena (UBT) secured only 20 out of 95 contested seats. He expressed surprise at the electorate’s dramatic shift in…
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…
NEW DELHI: Making a strong comeback after the recent Lok Sabha setback, Eknath Shinde‘s Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction has this time cemented its position in Maharashtra. As Mahayuti registered a resounding victory in assembly elections, the break-away factions also got the ‘authentication’ stamp of ‘real’ Sena and NCP after a closely-watched…
