The MVA coalition led by Uddhav Thackeray had decided to move the Metro-3 car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg. The construction of car shed at Aarey had been a sticking point between the BJP and Shiv Sena.

NCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase said BJP had termed the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi govt as a "three-wheel auto-rickshaw" pulling in different directions when the new dispensation headed by Shiv Sena rebel Shinde itself resembled a two-wheeler.

The Shiv Sena accused the BJP of gaining power in the state through immoral means and asked why the party did not honour the pact of rotational chief minister in 2019 if Fadnavis had to take oath as the deputy chief minister.

Fadnavis, who had on Thursday announced that he would not be part of the new Eknath Shinde-led government but later took oath as deputy chief minister, did not attend the celebration.

A trust vote is also likely to be held during the two-day special assembly session.

The Bombay High Court in September 2019, verbally directed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited and the state govt not to cut any trees in the Aarey forest area for the construction of a metro car shed, to which they agreed.

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Maharashtra Political Crisis: While rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra following the collapse of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, Devendra Fadnavis, a former CM who had said he would remain outside, took oath as Shinde's deputy.

Maharashtra Crisis: The Sena leader Eknath Shinde rebelled against the Uddhav-led MVA government on the pretext of Hindutva, accusing Thackeray that the party under him deviated from its Hindutva ideology, the path shown by Bal Thackeray.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was on Thursday sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister, while BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as deputy Chief Minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to them at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai shortly after 7.30 pm.

Fadnavis had earlier surprised everyone when he announced that Eknath Shinde will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra and that he will not be part of the government.

Eknath Shinde said that the BJP has 120 MLAs but despite that Devendra Fadnavis didn't take the post of CM. I express my gratitude to him.

BJP's national president JP Nadda was speaking an hour after the CM announcement was made by Fadnavis after meeting Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari along with Shinde at Raj Bhavan.

Devendra Fadnavis's announcement defied expectations that he would return as chief minister with the support of the Shinde faction.

A chartered flight carrying the breakaway MLAs landed at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Wednesday night from Guwahati. They are staying in a luxury hotel at Dona Paula.

A vacation bench of Supreme Court Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala refused to interfere with the Governor's direction to the MVA government to prove its majority in the Assembly on June 30.

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil fed sweets to Fadnavis. Senior BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar and Girish Mahajan were also present.

I had come (to power) in an unexpected manner and I am going out in a similar fashion, Uddhav Thackeray said as he announced his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister during Facebook LIVE address today.

The Supreme Court has also allowed jailed NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh to participate in the proceedings of the floor test.

Earlier, the apex court on June 27 had kept in abeyance the disqualification proceedings against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs before the Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly till July 11, and also sought responses from the state government and others on their pleas questioning the legality of notices seeking their disqualification.