Maharashtra Government Formation
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Sharad Pawar to hold meeting of NCP MLAs in Mumbai
National | Nov 23, 2019, 12:01 PM ISTNCP chief Sharad Pawar will hold a meeting of his party MLAs in Mumbai at 4.30 pm.
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Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule should join Union Cabinet: Ramdas Athawale
National | Nov 23, 2019, 11:27 AM ISTUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and his daughter and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule should join the Union Cabinet of Prime mInister Narendra Modi and help strengthen the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party government with their experience and knowledge.
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Mahrashtra government formation: The Maha 'khel' timeline
National | Nov 23, 2019, 11:15 AM ISTMaharashtra early on Saturday got a surprise pack of Chief Minister and his deputy in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and NCP's Ajit Pawar. Here is what happened when:
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Hours before oath taking, President's rule revoked in Maharashtra
National | Nov 23, 2019, 09:55 AM ISTAccording to a Home Ministry notification, President Ram Nath Kovind issued the proclamation for revocation of the central rule this morning.
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Maharashtra needs stable, not 'khichdi' govt, says Fadnavis after taking oath as CM
National | Nov 23, 2019, 09:54 AM ISTAfter taking oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister again for the second consecutive term Devendra Fadnavis said that the state needed a stable government and not a 'Khichdi' government. "People had given us a clear mandate, but Shiv Sena tried to ally with other parties after results, as a result, President's rule was imposed. Maharashtra needed a stable govt, not a 'khichdi' government," said Fadnavis
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Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena negotiations took too long: Abhishek Singhvi
National | Nov 23, 2019, 09:41 AM ISTSenior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Saturday expressed surprise at the political developments in Maharashtra.
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New Maharashtra government will be committed to state's development & welfare: Amit Shah
National | Nov 23, 2019, 09:15 AM ISTBJP President Amit Shah congratulated Devendra Fadnavis and Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar on taking oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively on Saturday.
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Sena floats names for Maharashtra CM post; NCP insists for Uddhav
National | Nov 22, 2019, 11:36 AM ISTThe meeting between Thackerays and Pawar took place on a day when Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said in New Delhi that his party and the NCP have "complete unanimity" on all issues concerning government formation in Maharashtra and will now hold talks with the Shiv Sena to "finalise the architecture of the alliance".
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Maharashtra logjam to end today? Formal announcement likely
National | Nov 22, 2019, 10:04 AM ISTIn a late-night development on Thursday, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray along with his son and party MLA Aaditya Thackeray called on NCP supremo Sharad Pawar at his residence after he returned from Delhi.
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Maharashtra govt cannot be formed without 3 parties: Nawab Malik
National | Nov 21, 2019, 09:11 AM ISTThe Congress and the NCP held a marathon meeting to discuss the common minimum programme (CMP) to form an alliance government in Maharashtra, saying that no government can be formed without the three parties.
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'No comments', says Sonia Gandhi on political developments in Maharashtra
National | Nov 20, 2019, 01:20 PM ISTIn the October 21 Maharashtra polls, the BJP-Sena saffron alliance won 105 and 56 seats respectively in the 288-member assembly. The Congress and the NCP, pre-poll allies, bagged 44 and 54 seats respectively. However, failing to evolve a consensus over the chief minister's post, the two saffron parties parted ways, with the Sena exploring the possibility of tying up with the Congress-NCP.
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Strong, popular govt in Maharashtra before December: Sanjay Raut
National | Nov 20, 2019, 11:41 AM ISTTo a question whether Sena President Uddhav Thackeray will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sanjay Raut said, "for the cause of the farmers, he will go and meet anybody."
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Maharashtra logjam: Congress-NCP to meet on tie-up with Shiv Sena today
National | Nov 20, 2019, 07:35 AM ISTA meeting with the Congress scheduled on Tuesday to further discuss the possibility of government formation in Maharashtra was called off due to the pre-occupation of Congress leaders with Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary events.
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Several births needed to understand Pawar: Sanjay Raut after meeting NCP chief
National | Nov 19, 2019, 11:49 AM ISTSanjay Raut also asserted that a strong and stable government led by his party will be formed in Maharashtra soon. Speaking at a press conference, Sanjay Raut said, "A Shiv Sena-led government will be formed in Maharashtra soon. It will be a stable, strong and effective government. We want Uddhav Thackerey to lead the government."
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Tareeke Badlo, Iraade Nahi: Sanjay Raut as Sena exudes confidence on govt formation in Maharashtra
National | Nov 19, 2019, 02:31 PM ISTFollowing the inability of BJP, the single largest party, to form the government, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari last week invited the second and third largest parties, namely- Shiv Sena and NCP to form government in the state.
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Maharashtra Govt Formation: Sonia-Pawar meet; Sanjay Raut hints at resurrection of Sena-BJP alliance
National | Nov 18, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTAnother day has passed and Maharashtra's political conundrum doesn't look like ending anytime soon. An alliance between the Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP, which looked like a done deal a few days ago, is still not official. Even as Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi met NCP Chief Sharad Pawar to discuss the possibilities, Senior Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut was quoted as saying that the party could yet think of an alliance with the BJP with certain conditions met.
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Sanjay Raut positive about compromise with BJP, claims Ramdas Athawale
National | Nov 18, 2019, 06:31 PM ISTUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale has claimed that in his talk with Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, a possible compromise formula between Shiv Sena and the BJP was discussed.
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As Maharashtra equations change, Raut tweets about 'naya mausam'
National | Nov 16, 2019, 12:38 PM ISTPolitics in Maharashtra took an unexpected turn after the Shiv Sena walked away from its longtime ally BJP over sharing the chief ministerial post after Assembly results were declared on October 24.
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Maharashtra to have full-term Sena CM; Congress-NCP to get 1 Deputy CM each
National | Nov 15, 2019, 11:43 AM ISTReports are coming in from Maharashtra that Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP have agreed upon a common minimum programme in which the regional saffron party will get the CM post for a full tenure of 5 years while the Congress-NCP alliance will get to choose a deputy CM each.
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Maharashtra Govt Formation: Shiv Sena alleges, President's rule in Maharashtra a 'scripted Act'
National | Nov 14, 2019, 10:45 AM ISTAfter the imposition of President's rule in the state, the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP leaders on Wednesday held hectic parleys to work out a 'common minimum programme' for government formation.