Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar leaves from the residence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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Ajit Pawar Leaves From the Residence of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis : Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, November 24, 2019
The Maharashtra political drama reaches Supreme Court today, with the apex court bench to undertake the hearing of the matter on Sunday. Catch all the updates regarding the leading developments in India and around the world here at LatestLY.
24 Nov, 23:08 (IST)
Latur: 9 people arrested after a clash allegedly between Bharatiya Janata Party & Nationalist Congress Party workers. Case was registered against 17 people, out of which 9 have been arrested till now.
24 Nov, 22:31 (IST)
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar arrives at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's residence in Mumbai.
24 Nov, 21:16 (IST)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to introduce Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill and International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, in Lok Sabha, tomorrow.
24 Nov, 21:02 (IST)
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces his bid for the US presidential candidacy.
24 Nov, 19:57 (IST)
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut arrives at the residence of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar for a meeting.
24 Nov, 19:50 (IST)
NCP MLA Jitendra Ahwad claims that some cops in plain clothes were spying inside hotel renaissance.
24 Nov, 19:37 (IST)
Mumbai: Senior congress leader Ahmed Patel arrives at JW Marriott Hotel, where Congress MLAs are currently lodged. Other party leaders Ashok Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Sushil Kumar Shinde, & Mallikarjun Kharge are already present at the hotel.
24 Nov, 19:13 (IST)
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to move its MLAs to Hotel Hyatt, due to security reasons, from Hotel Renaissance where they are currently lodged.
24 Nov, 18:52 (IST)
Ajit Pawar does not have the support of NCP MLAs. The letter that he submitted to the Governor was that of an attendance sheet that was made during our party's meeting on Friday night: Majeed Memon.
24 Nov, 18:02 (IST)
NCP Chief, Sharad Pawar: There is no question of forming an alliance with BJP. NCP has unanimously decided to ally with Shiv Sena & Congress to form government. Shri Ajit Pawar’s statement is false and misleading in order to create confusion and false perception among the people.
24 Nov, 17:13 (IST)
"I am in the NCP and shall always be in the NCP": Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra.
24 Nov, 16:58 (IST)
Ashish Shelar, BJP after meeting of party legislators in Mumbai: In this meeting we discussed & decided the strategy to comfortably pass our floor test. We also passed a resolution congratulating Devendra Fadnavis on taking oath as Chief Minister.
24 Nov, 16:19 (IST)
Ranchi: Congress releases its manifesto for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly Polls.
24 Nov, 16:15 (IST)
"We will ensure a stable government," NCP's Ajit Pawar thanks PM Modi, other top BJP leaders on Twitter.
24 Nov, 16:06 (IST)
NCP Sources: NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to hold a closed door meet in the Renaissance hotel, Mumbai after the meeting with NCP MLAs concludes.
24 Nov, 15:51 (IST)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP State President Chandrakant Patil, and other party leaders at meeting of the legislators of the party.
24 Nov, 15:18 (IST)
Uddhav Thackeray to meet Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Congress MLAs.
24 Nov, 15:02 (IST)
NCP MLA Nitin Pawar, for whom a missing person's complaint was filed: I request my family and the people to not worry about me. I am with Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal. Nothing otherwise should be thought, by my family and people.
24 Nov, 13:10 (IST)
Chhattisgarh: 4 tractors, 1 JCB machine and a motorcycle was set ablaze by naxals near Madonar village in Narayanpur district. The machines were being used for the construction of road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
New Delhi, November 24: After weeks of political stalemate in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday formed the government with the support of rebel MLAs of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari invited Devendra Fadnavis to take oath as the next CM of the state. Along with Fadnavis, Sharad Pawar’s Nephew Ajit Pawar was also sworn in as the Deputy CM of Maharashtra.
Hours after Ajit Pawar was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he was removed as the Legislative head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil has now become a new whip of the NCP. All the powers which Ajit had, will now be enjoyed by Patil till the time, the NCP appoints new legislative party head.
Amid ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray held meeting with his party MLA’s at Mumbai’s Lalit Hotel. After the meeting, Thackeray exuded confidence in forming the government in Maharashtra in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress. He also assured that the Chief Minister would be from Shiv Sena.
Sports
The Day 2 of India vs Bangladesh day-night Test went to Virat Kohli's record-breaking century and Ishant Sharma's brilliant spell which has put India on the verge of their first-ever victory in day-night Tests. However, their win was delayed by Mushfiqur Rahim who registered a gritty half-century in the third innings of and left the hosts frustrated at stumps on Day 2. After the conclusion of the day, the visiting side were batting at 152/6 and are 89 runs behind India’s first innings tally. They did manage to make but it seems like they have only managed to extend their defeat. On the scoreboard, they might be four down but one of their star batsmen Mahmuduallh was forced to leave the field due to a hamstring injury he sustained while batting at 39.
The Big News Today
The Maharashtra political drama reaches Supreme Court today, with the apex court bench to undertake the hearing of the matter on Sunday. The top court will hear the petition filed by Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP at 11:30 am on Sunday. Justice NV Ramana, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Sanjiv Khanna will hear the plea.
The BJP and the Shiv Sena had contested the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections in an alliance. The BJP won 105 seats, while the Shiv Sena bagged 56 seats. The Congress and the NCP clinched 44 and 54 seats respectively. The political stalemate erupted in Maharashtra after the BJP rejected Shiv Sena’s demand for equal power-sharing, including the CM post for 2.5 years. As no party was able to stake claim to form a government, the President’s Rule had been imposed in the state.
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