Fadnavis’ resignation came hours after the Supreme Court asked him to prove majority by 5 pm on Wednesday, and his deputy, Ajit Pawar, also quitting
In an embarrassment to the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maharashtra is set to have an Uddhav Thackeray-led ‘Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi’ coalition government, comprising the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Congress, after Devendra Fadnavis quit as chief minister on Tuesday afternoon.
Fadnavis’ resignation came hours after the Supreme Court asked him to prove majority by 5 pm on Wednesday, and his deputy, Ajit Pawar, also quit. He was sworn in on Saturday morning at 8 am.
Thackeray, along with two deputy chief ministers and a council of ministers comprising legislators from all the three parties, will take oath of office on Thursday, November 28, at a ceremony to be held at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park. The Congress’ Balasaheb Thorat and the NCP’s Jayant Patil may be sworn in as deputy chief ministers, sources said. Legislators of the three parties met at a Mumbai hotel in the evening.
It turned out to be a day of political setbacks for the BJP in Maharashtra and at the Centre, and has brought the focus back on economic slowdown, with Parliament set to discuss it on Wednesday, while the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) will meet to approve key decisions. As news trickled in from the Supreme Court at 10.41 am that it had ordered that a floor test be completed by 5 pm on Wednesday, that it should be live telecast, and there should be no secret ballot, the BJP started showing signs of nerves…Read More
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