Devendra Fadnavis

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

He added, “The name of the Maharashtra CM should be declared by today midnight. I have the information that the oath-taking ceremony will be on December 2. Eknath Shinde will not go to Delhi. He is more interested in Maharashtra politics than Delhi politics.”

Together with deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Shinde met Shah and Nadda late Thursday to thrash out a power-sharing pact for the next government in Maharashtra

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On Wednesday, Shinde said that he will accept any decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the CM face for Maharashtra.

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 CM News Updates: Fadnavis has reportedly secured the backing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which strengthens his position as the Mahayuti’s probable choice to lead the state.

While the BJP is tipped to get the chief ministerial post, its two allies -- Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party -- are expected to be given the post of two deputies.

Though arithmetically different, the continuing stalemate within the Mahayuti on the question of leadership serves as a reminder of the developments that followed after the 2019 polls.

Under the flagship Ladki Bahin scheme, the Mahayuti targeted women between the ages of 21 to 65 years with an annual family income of less that Rs 2.5 lakh.

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Fadnavis claimed that when the Opposition parties failed to find anything against him, they deployed their "troll armies" to launch personal attacks against his wife and him.

Devendra Fadnavis justified the need for such slogans citing the Congress' "vote jihad" and its narrative around the BJP changing the Constitution and ending reservations.

Sharad Pawar has broken six parties. He wanted Supriya Sule to become the chief minister, while Ajit Pawar was left with nothing, says Fadnavis.

In view of the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, the state police has buttressed the security cover of Fadnavis, who is also the Home Minister, with ex-Force One personnel as a precautionary measure

Many times there is displeasure (over ticket distribution), but we are confident of convincing all of them to work for the party

By invoking Hindutva at every opportunity he has had over the last few weeks, Devendra Fadnavis has not only emerged as the new ideological poster boy for the BJP but also left Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena in a bind.

The BJP has declared candidates for 121 of the 288 constituencies in the state so far

The election to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be held in a single phase on November 20. The counting of votes will be held on November 23.