NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Thursday said that no party MLA would be a part of the new BJP-led Mahayuti government if Eknath Shinde did not take oath as the deputy chief minister. “If Eknath Shinde does not accept the deputy CM’s post, no MLA from Shiv Sena will accept any responsibility…
NEW DELHI: CM-designate Devendra Fadnavis visited Varsha – the chief minister’s official residence, on Wednesday evening to once again persuade caretaker CM Eknath Shinde to join govt as deputy chief minister and finalise the power-sharing formula. Sources said that Shinde agreed to take oath as deputy CM with Fadnavis’s assurance that the portfolio allocation would…
NEW DELHI: CM-designate Devendra Fadnavis visited Varsha – the chief minister’s official residence, on Wednesday evening to once again persuade caretaker CM Eknath Shinde to join govt as deputy chief minister and finalise the power-sharing formula. Sources said that Shinde agreed to take oath as deputy CM with Fadnavis’s assurance that the portfolio allocation would…
Devendra Fadnavis, a seasoned RSS swayamsevak, is set to begin his second term as Maharashtra Chief Minister. His journey has been a rollercoaster, marked by electoral triumphs, political betrayals, and personal attacks. Fadnavis navigated a complex political landscape, playing a key role in toppling the MVA government and enduring a period as deputy CM. Source…
NEW DELHI: The Maha political drama over the chief minister’s post in Maharashtra’s Mahayuti finally ended today with Eknath Shinde proposing the name of BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as the next leader of the ruling coalition. However, it is still not clear if Shinde will join the government as deputy chief minister.It took Shinde 11 days…
Eknath Shinde (left), and Ajit Pawar NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday took a cheeky dig at his ally Ajit Pawar – reminding the NCP chief of an early-morning oath as deputy chief minister in 2019 for a stint that lasted just 4 days.In 2019, when the undivided Shiv Sena of…
Ajit Pawar (left) and Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Has the dynamics within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti changed? Ajit Pawar‘s NCP, which had come under intense attack from several quarters, including the RSS, after Mahayuti’s dismal performance in Lok Sabha elections, seems to have moved closer to the BJP after the assembly elections. With the Shiv Sena…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday announced that the new Mahayuti govt will be sworn in on Dec 5 in what is being seen as a signal to Eknath Shinde to make up his mind fast about joining the govt led by Devendra Fadnavis.State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said in a post on X that the…
A day after the Mahayuti leaders’ meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM’s post.The swearing-in of the Maharashtra cabinet is…
NEW DELHI: Is Eknath Shinde, the caretaker chief minister of Maharashtra, upset over the turn of events after the ruling Mahayuti of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP scripted a spectacular victory under him in the assembly elections?On Friday, a day after the first meeting of Mahayuti leaders on government formation in Delhi with BJP’s top…
