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Targeting the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress ruling coalition in Maharashtra, BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said that it was an "unrealistic and unnatural" alliance, and insisted that the BJP would return to power in Maharashtra on its own in the next elections.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said that his party never thought that "we would form the Maharashrtra government."Sharad Pawar, who crafted the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance that came to power in Maharashtra last week,also said that he never thought Ajit Pawar will behave that way, but there is some background to it.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed "working together", but he rejected the offer. Sharad Pawar, who crafted the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance that came to power in Maharashtra last week, said he had turned down PM Modi's offer, which he claimed included a central cabinet spot for...

An all party meeting to discuss the Maharashtra assembly Speaker's election decided today that Congress leader Nana Patole -- the nominee of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance -- will be elected unopposed as BJP nominee Kisan Kathore is withdrawing nomination.

The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, sailed through the trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly on Saturday after over a month of intense power struggle that saw allies parting ways and bitter rivals coming together to form an alliance. The floor test began with high drama as the BJP members, led by former C...

The newly-appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray will have to prove his majority in the state assembly today as the alliance government in Maharashtra faces a trust vote. The floor test comes after a week of rapid developments that began with a surprise oath by the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and his eventual resignation 80 hours late...

The BJP in Maharashtra said it may approach the Supreme Court against the appointment of a pro-tem or a temporary Speaker by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance in the state assembly. Today's trust vote proceedings, which Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sailed through, was conducted by temporary Speaker Dilip Walse Patil of the NCP. A permanent Spe...

The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance on Thursday said the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state would waive farmers' loans and ensure 80 per cent quota in jobs to local/domicile youth.

Uddhav Thackeray will take oath at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government this evening, two days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. The Shiv Sena leader, who will be sworn in as the 18th...

Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as Maharashtra's new Chief Minister tomorrow but details of the new Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance have yet to be worked out, a senior Congress leader indicates.

The Congress's P Chidambaram, was unsparing in his criticism of the ruling BJP's attempted power grab in Maharashtra this morning, calling it an "egregious violation of the Constitution"

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray is set to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis ended his 80-hour second term before facing a floor test ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Fadnavis resigned shortly after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar quit as his deputy, unable to win over MLAs to help the BJ...

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Maharashtra Chief Minister on Tuesday, hours after the Supreme Court ordered him to prove his majority in the state assembly on Wednesday. Lashing out at the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance which has cobbled together a majority to keep the BJP out, Mr Fadnavis said his party was "not going to indulge ...

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and BJP chief, was described as "Chanakya" by his party on Saturday after the Maharashtra coup, in which Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Chief Minister with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP's) Ajit Pawar as his deputy just hours after a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance seemed set to take power.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said then Shiv Sena, Congress and Sharad Pawar alliance was trying to capture Maharashtra through the "back door" -- which the BJP has stopped. The party's Devendra Fadnavis took oath this morning as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra with NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy.

Targeting the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress ruling coalition in Maharashtra, BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said that it was an "unrealistic and unnatural" alliance, and insisted that the BJP would return to power in Maharashtra on its own in the next elections.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said that his party never thought that "we would form the Maharashrtra government."Sharad Pawar, who crafted the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance that came to power in Maharashtra last week,also said that he never thought Ajit Pawar will behave that way, but there is some background to it.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed "working together", but he rejected the offer. Sharad Pawar, who crafted the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance that came to power in Maharashtra last week, said he had turned down PM Modi's offer, which he claimed included a central cabinet spot for...

An all party meeting to discuss the Maharashtra assembly Speaker's election decided today that Congress leader Nana Patole -- the nominee of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance -- will be elected unopposed as BJP nominee Kisan Kathore is withdrawing nomination.

The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, sailed through the trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly on Saturday after over a month of intense power struggle that saw allies parting ways and bitter rivals coming together to form an alliance. The floor test began with high drama as the BJP members, led by former C...

The newly-appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray will have to prove his majority in the state assembly today as the alliance government in Maharashtra faces a trust vote. The floor test comes after a week of rapid developments that began with a surprise oath by the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis and his eventual resignation 80 hours late...

The BJP in Maharashtra said it may approach the Supreme Court against the appointment of a pro-tem or a temporary Speaker by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance in the state assembly. Today's trust vote proceedings, which Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sailed through, was conducted by temporary Speaker Dilip Walse Patil of the NCP. A permanent Spe...

The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance on Thursday said the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state would waive farmers' loans and ensure 80 per cent quota in jobs to local/domicile youth.

Uddhav Thackeray will take oath at Mumbai's sprawling Shivaji Park as Chief Minister of a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government this evening, two days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Chief Minister and NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy, ahead of a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court. The Shiv Sena leader, who will be sworn in as the 18th...

Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as Maharashtra's new Chief Minister tomorrow but details of the new Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance have yet to be worked out, a senior Congress leader indicates.

The Congress's P Chidambaram, was unsparing in his criticism of the ruling BJP's attempted power grab in Maharashtra this morning, calling it an "egregious violation of the Constitution"

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray is set to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis ended his 80-hour second term before facing a floor test ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Fadnavis resigned shortly after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar quit as his deputy, unable to win over MLAs to help the BJ...

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Maharashtra Chief Minister on Tuesday, hours after the Supreme Court ordered him to prove his majority in the state assembly on Wednesday. Lashing out at the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance which has cobbled together a majority to keep the BJP out, Mr Fadnavis said his party was "not going to indulge ...

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and BJP chief, was described as "Chanakya" by his party on Saturday after the Maharashtra coup, in which Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Chief Minister with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP's) Ajit Pawar as his deputy just hours after a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance seemed set to take power.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said then Shiv Sena, Congress and Sharad Pawar alliance was trying to capture Maharashtra through the "back door" -- which the BJP has stopped. The party's Devendra Fadnavis took oath this morning as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra with NCP's Ajit Pawar as his deputy.