A day after he was credited with deft moves that brought down the Uddhav Thackeray government, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis's new assignment as the Deputy Chief Minister has drawn potshots from political rivals.
A day after Uddhav Thackeray quit as Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shiv Sena rebels may meet with the Governor after discussions today in Goa, where they arrived last night. The BJP claims they have support of over 170 MLAs to form the new government.
Thackeray s announcement to step down as chief minister came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay the Maharashtra governor s direction to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by the Sena chief to take a floor test in the assembly on Thursday.
Maharashtra Political Crisis Live Updates: Thackeray s announcement came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay the Governor s direction to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly
Uddhav Thackeray, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, wrote to rebel Shiv Sena MLAs today, urging them to talk to him in person, shortly after rebel Eknath Shinde said he will go to Mumbai and speak with the Maharashtra Governor.