As preparations for the December 5 swearing-in of the new government took off at Azad Maidan, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde kept everyone guessing about his participation in the cabinet. It’s been ten days since Mahayuti won a landslide majority in the Maharashtra Assembly, but the power-sharing formula has not been sorted yet
03 December,2024 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreTeam Eknath has the onerous task of adjusting to new conditions that curtail his administrative and bargaining powers
02 December,2024 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreAfter 5 years, at 5pm on December 5, BJP likely to instate its CM; Fadnavis a shoo-in for top job, say sources
01 December,2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreAs it emerged that talks of government formation had gained momentum after the Mahayuti leaders’ Thursday night meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took a sudden break on Friday to visit his native village in Satara district
30 November,2024 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreAfter Ajit Pawar, Eknath Shinde clears the deck for a BJP CM. Question now is: Who will it be?
28 November,2024 11:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreEknath Shinde said, "My party will support the BJP even if the new CM candidate is from the BJP. PM Modi's decision will be final for us"
27 November,2024 05:09 PM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreWith election results drastically changing the legislator count of each party, Mahayuti partners are now faced with a problem of plenty
27 November,2024 09:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreRace for top job heats up, with Sena asking for another two-and-a-half years as CM for Eknath Shinde, while BJP state leaders want Fadnavis to take charge
26 November,2024 04:33 PM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreFadnavis and Shinde supporters continued to root for them. When Shinde Sena’s MP Naresh Mhaske expected the BJP to implement the Bihar pattern in Maharashtra to install his party boss as the CM, former Union minister and ex-state BJP chief, Raosaheb Danve, dismissed him, saying that his party hadn’t made a ‘Nitish Kumar like’ promise to Shinde
26 November,2024 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreWith Devendra Fadnavis leading his party to a historic high, sources tell mid-day that the RSS, which has helped the BJP reverse the Lok Sabha setback in just five months, prefers him as CM
24 November,2024 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreADVERTISEMENT