Shinde won’t seek berth in Centre, someone else to take Maha dy CM post if he declines: Shiv Sena | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid suspense over the Maharashtra chief minister post and government formation, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Friday said that the deputy chief minister post will go to someone else in the party if Eknath Shinde doesn’t accept the post.Shirsat, however, asserted that Shinde will certainly not seek a berth in the Centre.“If…

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‘Decision will be taken in Mumbai’: Shinde on Maharashtra CM post after key Mahayuti meet | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that the Mahayuti alliance would convene another meeting in Mumbai to decide on the next chief minister.Shinde’s comments came after key meeting in Delhi between Shinde, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, NCP’s Ajit Pawar, and other Mahayuti leaders with Union minister Amit Shah and BJP national…

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‘Balasaheb Thackeray’s future has never been decided in Delhi’: Sanjay Raut on Maharashtra CM suspense | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Mahayuti alliance over the uncertainty surrounding Maharashtra’s chief ministerial position.Sena leader Sanjay Raut pointed out that unlike previously, the Bharatiya Janata Party now makes decisions about the state’s future in Delhi.Speaking to reporters, Raut questioned why the Bharatiya Janata Party, despite…

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‘Will abide by BJP decision’: Has Eknath Shinde set the stage for ‘Maha’ role reversal with Fadnavis? | India News – Times of India

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…

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‘Pre-election deal for CM post’: Shinde Sena leader’s remark revives memories of Uddhav’s claim in 2019 | India News – Times of India

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…

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‘Maha’ CM tussle: Shiv Sena pitches for Eknath Shinde with ‘Bihar model’ example; Will Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar agree? | India News – Times of India

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…

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Maharashtra election results: No CM’s race in Mahayuti, top ministers will take a call, says Devendra Fadnavis | India News – Times of India

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….

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Maharashtra assembly elections: CM Shinde claims majority for Mahayuti, rival Sena hopeful of ‘justice’ | India News – Times of India

CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…

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