There was nothing unexpected about Devendra Fadnavis becoming Deputy Chief Minister in the new government in Maharashtra, state BJP president Chandrakant Patil said on Friday.
A close aide of the former chief minister said he was busy holding meetings at his residence ahead of the two-day special session of the Maharashtra legislature from July 3.
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In their first cabinet meeting, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis took the first step towards relocating the metro car shed to Aarey Colony
After Eknath Shinde sworn in as new Maharashtra CM and Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy, the state government directed that the metro car shed be built in Mumbai's Aarey colony, said sources
Shinde told officials in the meeting that development projects need to be expedited
Fadnavis had sprang a surprise when he announced that Shinde will be the next CM. His announcement defied expectations that he would return to the post with the support of the Shinde faction
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis on taking as Maharashtra chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively
BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday said that Devendra Fadnavis would be part of the new Maharashtra Cabinet led by rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde
'After the swearing-in ceremony today, we will have a cabinet expansion and Shiv Sena and BJP leaders will take the oath. I will stay out of the government,' says BJP's Fadnavis
The stage is set for the return of a BJP-led government in Maharasthra with Thackeray resigning as chief minister shortly after the Supreme Court declined to stay the floor test called by Guv Koshyari
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned a day before a scheduled floor test in the state Assembly
'Those (rebel Shiv Sena MLAs) who were reaching Mumbai on Thursday, I urge them not to come on Thursday, they should come on the day of oath-taking,' says Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil
GoM given 15 more days to iron out the issue of the valuation mechanism and submit the report, says FM Sitharaman
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has convened a special session of state assembly on Thursday, June 30, as he has asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority
Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that he along with other rebels will fly to Mumbai soon
We informed Koshyari that Uddhav Thackeray-led government is in minority as 39 MLAs of Shiv Sena want to snap ties with Congress and NCP, says the BJP leader
Amid the political turmoil in Maharashtra following a rebellion by MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday left for Delhi along with a legal counsel
A core committee meeting of the BJP's Maharashtra unit was held on Monday to discuss the state's political situation amid the crisis faced by the MVA govt due to the revolt in Shiv Sena
Slamming the Congress for holding protests over the interrogation of party MP Rahul Gandhi by the ED, BJP leader Fadnavis said instead of holding people to ransom, he should face the probe.