Prithviraj Chavan had resigned after NCP broke ties with the Congress.
President's Rule was imposed in Maharashtra today - three days after the Nationalist Congress Part, or NCP, formally ended its ties with the Congress, reducing the Prithviraj Chavan government to a minority.
But for Maharashtra, President's Rule is a technicality, since the state is heading for assembly elections in mid-October. Mr Chavan had resigned on Friday. (Read:
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On Saturday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh presided over the emergency cabinet meeting which approved the imposition of the President's Rule.
On Thursday, the NCP had ended its 15-year-old alliance with the Congress an hour after the BJP split from the Shiv Sena.
After the withdrawal of the NCP with its 62 legislators, the Congress-led Democratic Front government was reduced to a minority in the 288-member house, as it had only 82 legislators. (Read:
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The BJP had demanded that the state be placed immediately under President's Rule.