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  Maharashtra political drama recap in 7 points

  November 24, 2019 10:54 IST

  In the extraordinary political drama unfolding in Maharashtra since dawn on Saturday (November 23), it remains unclear precisely how many Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lawmakers are with Ajit Pawar in his decision to join hands with the BJP.

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  Ajit Pawar's removal as NCP legislature unit head invalid: BJP

  November 24, 2019 10:46 IST

  Pawar was removed as the NCP's legislature unit leader on Saturday, hours after he joined hands with the BJP in a coup and took oath as deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

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  Maharashtra political crisis: Ajit Pawar returns home

  November 24, 2019 9:46 IST

  He spent Saturday at his brother's home in Mumbai even as his uncle and NCP chief Sharad Pawar attended a party meeting where most of the NCP MLAs were present.

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  Maharashtra Political Crisis: SC to hear Sena-Congress-NCP plea on Maha floor test today at 11:30 am

  November 24, 2019 9:22 IST

  The Supreme Court on Saturday agreed to hear a petition filed by Shiv Sena-Congress-National Congress Party (NCP) seeking a floor test within 24 hours to avoid horse-trading and "illegal manoeuvres" in Maharashtra today. Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress moved to Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Maharashtra Governor's decision to swear-in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister, following which the court authorities confirmed a hearing on the petition at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

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  Gehlot flays political developments in Maharashtra, seeks Guv's resignation

  November 23, 2019 23:32 IST

  The chief minister also sought the intervention of President Ram Nath Kovind as the president's rule in the state was revoked under his stamp.

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  A house divided: Sharad Pawar's NCP is Maharashtra's new 'king-maker'

  November 23, 2019 23:15 IST

  Hours after the day-break drama tumbled out of the comfortable confines of Raj Bhavan, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) seems to have been catapulted in an enviable position of being the new 'king-maker' in Maharashtra. Despite having a house divided with Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar looking at different directions

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  When Mumbai witnessed showmanship of cunning political manoeuvres

  November 23, 2019 23:43 IST

  It was a night of long knives in Maharashtra politics that saw it all -- coup within a family, outsmarting the smartest Maratha politician Sharad Pawar -- and invocation of Rule 12 of the the Government of India (Transaction of Business) to bypass the need of Union Cabinet's approval for revocation of the President's rule.

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  SC to hear Sena-NCP-Cong plea seeking quashing of Maharashtra guv's decision today at 11:30 am

  November 23, 2019 23:59 IST

  Supreme Court will hear the plea filed by Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress seeking quashing of the Maharashtra governor's decision to swear-in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister, at 11:30 am on Sunday. The three parties will also seek a direction to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to invite them to form the government under the leadership of Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying they have the support of more than 144 MLAs.

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  BJP-led Maharashtra government will be defeated in Speaker's election: NCP

  November 23, 2019 23:21 IST

  The BJP-led new government in Maharashtra will be defeated in the Assembly Speaker's election, NCP leader Nawab Malik said on Saturday night.

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  How 'surreal' political developments in Maharashtra stunned the nation

  November 23, 2019 22:34 IST

  Until Friday, Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray seemed odds on to become the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra but what happened hours later shook the political circles - when visuals of Devendra Fadnavis being sworn in as CM flashed across television channels on Saturday morning, and standing by him was Ajit Pawar of the NCP.

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  Maharashtra: Shahapur NCP MLA goes 'missing', police complaint filed

  November 23, 2019 21:08 IST

  ​The political events of Saturday that led to the BJP making a comeback to power in Maharashtra with the help of Ajit Pawar, and his as-yet unspecified number of MLAs, also led to a missing person complaint being filed for an MLA from the Sharad Pawar-led party. 

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  Experts differ over timing of anti-defection law coming into force

  November 23, 2019 20:05 IST

  The issue of anti-defection law has come up following BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar taking oath as chief minister and deputy chief minister of Maharashtra respectively.

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  Ajit Pawar sacked as NCP Legislature group leader

  November 23, 2019 21:41 IST

  BREAKING NEWS: Ajit Pawar has been sacked as NCP Legislature group leader. Jayant Patil has been elected in his place. Earlier on Saturday, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Deputy CM respectively.

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  Rift within Pawar family helped BJP execute its Plan B

  November 23, 2019 19:42 IST

  ​The BJP leadership seems to have cashed in on a simmering feud within NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar's family by managing an overnight coup just as final contours of a coalition between the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena to form government in Maharashtra were emerging.  

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  Maharashtra's breakfast today - a brand new government!

  November 23, 2019 19:33 IST

  The 12 crore hungry janata of Maharashtra and more around the country may never have expected to be served a "brand new alliance government" on their breakfast table on Saturday morning. Following the normal routine, most people were planning to scan the newspapers and catch up a bit on the morning TV news, with a lazy weekend day before them.  

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  When Sharad Pawar rebelled to become Maharashtra's youngest CM

  November 23, 2019 19:27 IST

  ​The saga of political rebels in Maharashtra is not new, with one rebellion in 1978 seeing the now NCP supremo Sharad Pawar breaking away from his party to become the state's youngest Chief Minister.  

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  Never, never, never: Fadnavis' old tweet against NCP resurfaces

  November 23, 2019 19:28 IST

  As it is commonly said, 'Never say no in politics'. And it fits right in as Devendra Fadnavis has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state with Ajit Pawar as his deputy. And at one point in time, Fadnavis was not the biggest fan of Pawar.

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  President's Rule in Maharashtra was revoked at 5.47 AM

  November 23, 2019 19:18 IST

  ​The BJP-NCP government in Maharashtra took charge on Saturday after the President's rule, imposed in the state a fortnight ago, was revoked at 5.47 AM, a Union Home Ministry notification said.    

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  Fadnavis swearing-in: SC to hear Sena-NCP-Congress plea at 11:30 am on Sunday

  November 23, 2019 21:47 IST

  The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Maharashtra governor's decision to swear in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister and demanded a floor test on Sunday itself to avoid "further horse trading." The apex is set to hear the petition at 11:30 am on Sunday.

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  Maharashtra's 'Game of Thrones' leaves netizens amused: Twitter Reactions

  November 23, 2019 18:34 IST

  This political shocker in Maharashtra may have caused much grief to the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena but the early morning development left netizens amused on Twitter. While some took to Twitter, comparing the BJP's turnaround to oft-shocking plot lines in HBO's show 'Game of Thrones', others credited Amit Shah to be the 'best finisher' and compared him to 'Chanakya'.

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  'Shakuni' Fadnavis and 'Duryodhana' Ajit Pawar killed Maharashtra's democracy: Congress

  November 23, 2019 18:18 IST

  Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar acted like Shakuni and Duryodhana and killed the democracy in the state." It was a black day for democracy, he added. The Congress has posed ten questions to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister over Maharashtra developments.

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  Shiv Sena shifts MLAs to Navi Mumbai hotel, Congress to Bhopal

  November 23, 2019 17:34 IST

  Stunned by NCP chief Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar's move to help the BJP form a government in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena has brought its 55 MLAs in a hotel in Navi Mumbai to avoid poaching.

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  'Modi hai to mumkin hai': Fadnavis roars as tables turn in Maharashtra

  November 23, 2019 17:25 IST

  ​'Modi hai to mumkin hai' - That's the expression Devendra Fadnavis was full of on Saturday when he took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the second time. The 49-year-old leader managed to occupy the hot seat, thanks to Ajit Pawar.   

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  Meet Ajit Pawar - The man who helped BJP turn the tide

  November 23, 2019 17:05 IST

  Ajit Pawar is the most talked-about man in Maharashtra politics today. 49-year-old Devendra Fadnavis took over the reins of Maharashtra as he took oath as Chief Minister in an unexpected turn of events on Saturday morning, courtesy -- Ajit Pawar, who also managed to get a deputy Chief Minister post in his kitty.

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  Two states, two dynasties, two rebellions -- one goal

  November 23, 2019 16:45 IST

  The rebel NCP MLAs are confidants of Ajit Pawar. The numbers are not clear but the rebellion may be compared with Akhilesh Yadav's bid to control his Samajwadi Party while being the Chief Minister. Initially, his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav sided with his brother Shivpal Yadav but later swung towards his son after the dust settled.

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  4 out of 10 MLAs who went with Ajit Pawar have returned, says Nawab Malik

  November 23, 2019 16:06 IST

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik on Saturday claimed that during the oath-taking ceremony of Ajit Pawar at the Raj Bhawan here 10 rebel MLAs were present, out of which four have returned to the party fold.

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  'They betrayed Balasaheb', Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Shiv Sena

  November 23, 2019 15:56 IST

  After Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in what was yet another twist in the political landscape of the state, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has taken a jibe at the Shiv Sena for betraying Balasaheb Thackeray while at the same time justified the swearing in ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis.

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  Ajit Pawar purified with BJP's 'Ganga Jal' overnight: J&K Congress President

  November 23, 2019 15:37 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Congress president G A Mir on Saturday took a jibe at the BJP over the political developments in Maharashtra and said the BJP "purified" NCP's Ajit Pawar with its "Ganga jal" overnight after levelling serious corruption allegations against him.