Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019

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Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Tuesday. (Photo: ANI)

Fadnavis’ resignation a slap on his masters sitting in Delhi: Congress

The Congress party said that Fadnavis-Ajit govt was based on lies and fell like a house of cards.

26 Nov 2019 5:46 PM

The meeting lasted for about 25 minutes. (Photo: File)

PM meets Amit Shah after SC verdict to discuss next move for Maharashtra

Sources said PM Modi and Amit Shah discussed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' next course of action.

26 Nov 2019 3:03 PM

Devendra Fadnavis (L), Sharad Pawar (C), Ajit Pawar (R) (Photo: File)

3-day BJP govt falls in Maharashtra after top court asks it to prove majority

Late Friday night, the BJP managed to scramble together a government after being assured by Ajit that he would get requisite MLAs.

26 Nov 2019 2:39 PM

The Supreme Court ordered on a plea challenging the manner in which the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took power in an unannounced oath ceremony on Saturday, with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar as his deputy. (Photo: PTI)

BJP summons all 105 MLAs for a meeting at 9 pm today ahead of trust vote

The BJP has been ordered by the Supreme Court to prove its majority in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday.

26 Nov 2019 12:50 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the floor test for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority in the Maharashtra Assembly be conducted on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

'We are ready to prove majority, we will show it': BJP on SC verdict on Maha

It also directed Governor Koshyari to ensure that all elected members of the House are sworn in on Wednesday itself.

26 Nov 2019 12:26 PM

"...By taking the oath of the Chief Minister they have murdered the constitution. It is a murder of our national slogan Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs),' Raut said. (Photo: File)

Sanjay Raut terms Devendra Fadnavis swearing-in as 'murder of Constitution'

Sanjay Raut claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) do not have the majority to pass the floor test.

26 Nov 2019 11:38 AM

Speaking to reporters, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi welcomed the Supreme Court's order to hold a floor test in Maharashtra within 24 hours or by Wednesday. (Photo: File)

We will win the Maharashtra floor test: Oppn leaders hail SC verdict

Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan said, 'All 3 parties (Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena) are satisfied with SC order. Fadnavis should resign today.'

26 Nov 2019 11:19 AM

SC says Maharashtra floor test on Nov 27, proceedings to be telecast live

Floor test will be held under a pro-tem Speaker, it will also be live telecast, rules top court.

26 Nov 2019 10:40 AM

Sena-NCP-Cong to move SC against ‘clean chit’ to Ajit Pawar in irrigation scam

On Monday, the Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau stated that cases closed were not related to Ajit Pawar.

26 Nov 2019 9:37 AM

A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan, and Sanjiv Khanna on Monday heard the arguments put forth by counsels appearing for Governor, Maharashtra BJP and other parties and reserved its order. (Photo: File)

SC to pass order at 10:30 am today on plea filed against Maharashtra govt formation

Petitions were filed after BJP's Fadnavis took oath as CM with NCP's Ajit Pawar as his Deputy on Saturday morning.

26 Nov 2019 9:09 AM

This cannot be equated with a floor test in the assembly, he said, minutes after the unprecedented public parade of what the three parties claimed were 162 MLAs at a high-end hotel here. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

BJP mocks Oppn MLAs', says will win 'photo finish' race during Floor test

BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar taunted the Sena-NCP-Congress for 'identification parade' of their MLAs.

26 Nov 2019 8:37 AM

Terming the midnight coup in which the BJP formed the government with Ajit Pawar as "murder of democracy", Congress leaders including Ahmed Patel, Anand Sharma, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury and Shashi Tharoor raised slogans and held placards criticising the BJP and demanding 'justice'. (Photo: ANI)

Maharashtra: Sonia leads Cong protest in Parliament against BJP's move to form govt

In LS, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said democracy has been murdered in Maharashtra.

25 Nov 2019 6:10 PM

'I swear that under the leadership of Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Sonia Gandhi, I will be honest to my party,' Sena-NCP-Cong MLAs pledged. (Photo: ANI)

I swear, won't support BJP :164 Sena-NCP-Cong MLAs at show of strength

Sharad Pawar said: 'The one who is suspended from the party cannot give any orders.'

25 Nov 2019 6:06 PM

"We told Sharad Pawar Sahab that we want to return and stay with the party. He assured us that we will be brought back and made the necessary arrangements," he added. (Photo: ANI)

NCP legislator Anil Patil says he was neither abducted not missing

On Sunday evening, all NCP MLAs were moved to hotel Hyatt in Mumbai, citing security concerns.

25 Nov 2019 3:41 PM

Several Congress leaders including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ghulam Nabi Azad and KC Venugopal participated in the meeting, which was held before the day's proceedings at the winter session of the Parliament. (Photo: File)

Delhi: Cong parliamentary strategy group meeting held at Sonia Gandhi's residence

Cong leader K Suresh said that the party will disrupt proceedings in Parliament by raising issue of Maharashtra political crisis.

25 Nov 2019 2:00 PM

Chowdhury also said that what he saw in the House was unprecedented. (Photo: File)

Women parliamentarians manhandled by security personnel: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

The incident happened in the Lok Sabha when they were protesting in the Well of the House over the Maharashtra government formation.

25 Nov 2019 1:53 PM

BJP won 105 seats, Shiv Sena bagged 56 seats, 54 seats went to NCP while Congress secured 44 seats in the 288-member Assembly. (Photo: File)

My list was legally correct; will resolve disputes within my party: Ajit Pawar to SC

'List was constitutionally, legally correct. There is nothing to show that I was not NCP leader on Nov 22,' Singh to SC on behalf of Ajit.

25 Nov 2019 1:39 PM

The bench comprising of Justices NV Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna was hearing the petition jointly filed by the NCP-Congress and Shiv Sena against the formation of BJP-led government in Maharashtra. (Photo: File)

Ajit Pawar gave letter of support of 54 NCP MLAs to Governor: SG Mehta informs SC

Mehta also handed over the original letter of the Governor inviting BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis to form government in Maharashtra.

25 Nov 2019 1:34 PM

"We have been conducting meetings with our MLAs and our party NCP is not with the BJP in forming the government," he said. (Photo: File)

BJP did not form govt as they didn't have majority, says Sharad Pawar

Pawar is in Karad city to attend an event on the death anniversary of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Yashwantrao Chavan.

25 Nov 2019 1:22 PM

Raut said Chavan had asserted that since his was not the single largest party in the House, he refused the offer. (Photo: File)

BJP acted like 'dacoits of Chambal' to form govt 'without having majority': Raut

Raut said he has heard the BJP was ready to share the chief minister's post with Ajit Pawar for 2.5 years.

25 Nov 2019 12:37 PM

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