Ajit Pawar

"All disputes should end… Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar should reunite," Asha Pawar told reporters after her visit to the Vithal-Rukmini temple in Pandharpur on Wednesday.

He reassured constituents that ministers, many of whom are currently visiting their constituencies after the allocation, would begin addressing backlogged projects once they assume full charge of their departments.

Eknath Shinde, the former Chief Minister and now one of two Deputy Chief Ministers, has been assigned the Urban Development, Housing, and Public Works (Public Enterprises) ministries.

For the sixth time, Ajit Pawar assumed office as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister after taking the oath on December 5

While Eknath Shinde was also expected to be part of the meeting alongside Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, he instead decided to stay put at his Thane residence and skip the meeting.

The trust motion, tabled by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by a voice vote on the last day of the three-day special assembly session.

The home ministry remains a sticking point in the power-sharing negotiations within the Mahayuti coalition, which includes the BJP, Shinde’s Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

.This ruling marks a major relief for Ajit Pawar and his family, putting an end to the high-profile allegations that had been looming over them since 2021.

The three leaders were administered the oath as MLAs by the legislative assembly's pro-tem speaker Kalidas Kolambkar soon after the proceedings of the House began at 11 am.

Addressing his first press conference after taking over as CM, Fadnavis said the mandate of people in the 2024 assembly elections reflected their expectations and love, and he is feeling the pressure of their hope.

"The way Devendra ji and Ajit dada (Pawar) helped and cooperated with me (when he was the CM), I will extend all possible cooperation and backing to the chief minister. We will work as a team," Shinde said.

The eight-time MLA from Baramati, grew under the tutelage of his uncle Sharad Pawar and learnt tricks of the trade under his shadow, but managed to carve a niche in Maharashtra politics early in his life.

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Devendra Fadnavis oath taking ceremony Live: The mega event at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and chief ministers of various states, country's top industrialists and Bollywood celebrities.

Notably, this will be the sixth time that Ajit Pawar will take oath as the Deputy chief minister of the state.

More than a week after the Mahayuti clinched a massive victory in Maharashtra polls with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with 132 seats, the new government is yet to be sworn in

Mumbai, Dec 1 Shiv Sena MLA Gulabrao Patil on Sunday said the Eknath Shinde-led party would have won 90-100 seats in the November 20 assembly polls if A..

The Mahayuti alliance, consisting of the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NCP, achieved a decisive victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections

While the new Chief Minister's name has not yet been confirmed, many speculations point towards Fadnavis, who served as the CM between 2014 and 2019, and briefly again in November 2019 after Ajit Pawar's failed rebellion.

Maharashtra news today: The report comes ahead of the key Mahayuti meeting in New Delhi today.