Month-long Maharashtra political crisis ends; Uddhav Thackeray becomes CM

Uddhav has become the first chief minister from the Thackeray family. Catch Maharashtra government formation LIVE updates

7:05 PM

Nitin Raut of Congress takes oath

7:02 PM

Balasaheb Thorat of Congress takes oath

6:58 PM

Chhagan Bhujbal of NCP being sworn in

Aaditya Thackeray acknowledges Bhujbal's oath with applause. 

6:55 PM

6:54 PM

Jayant Patil of NCP being sworn in

Jayant Patil has been the finance minister of Maharashtra earlier. He is known to be a close aide to Sharad pawar.

6:51 PM

6:51 PM

Subhash Desai of Shiv Sena being sworn in

6:48 PM

Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena being sworn in as minister

6:46 PM

6:46 PM

Uddhav becomes first Chief Minister from Thackeray family

6:44 PM

Uddhav now takes the oath of secrecy

6:44 PM

Uddhav takes oath of the office the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. 

6:38 PM

Guv Bhagat Singh Koshyari on the stage. National anthem being played

6:30 PM

6:25 PM

The stage is set for Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony. MK Stalin, Kapil Sibal, Raj Thackeray, Praful Patel, and others are on the stage. 

6:23 PM

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5:38 PM

Sonia skips Uddhav's swearing-in, wishes him the very best

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided to skip the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra chief minister and has conveyed this to him.

5:05 PM

4:31 PM

Common Minimum Programme of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine promises immediate loan waiver for farmers

2:16 PM

Jayant Patil, NCP: I am going to take oath as a minister today

When asked if he will be the Deputy Chief Minister, Jayant Patil says "That has not been decided yet, I don't know."

1:45 PM

Raj Thackeray to attend Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony

1:44 PM

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1:43 PM

Supriya Sule misses Balasaheb, says he should've been here today

With Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray set to be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on Thursday, NCP MP Supriya Sule turned emotional and said the Sena chief's father late Bal Thackeray and mother Meenatai Thackeray should have been around this day.

 

Sule, daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, said Bal Thackeray and his wife treated her with love and affection "more than a daughter" would get, and that she was missed them a lot.

 

Pawar and Bal Thackeray had been bitter critics of each other in the political sphere, but shared cordial relations off it.

 

The Shiv Sena is forming government in Maharashtra with once-rivals, the NCP and Congress.

 

"Maa Saheb and Bala Saheb - missing you so much today.

 

Both of you should have been here today. They treated me with so much love and affection more than a daughter! Their role in my life will always be special and memorable!" Sule tweeted.

1:41 PM

Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena: We've invited all big leaders from the centre and state including the Prime Minister

Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena: We've invited all big leaders from the centre and state including the Prime Minister. Aditya Thackeray himself went to invite Congress President Sonia Gandhi. We've also invited former Maharashtra CM and Raj Thackeray. Everyone should witness the historic day

1:31 PM

If SC hadn't given a deadline of 24 hours for floor test, BJP could have formed govt: Ramdas Athawale

Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister: BJP also could form govt after showing majority. If the Supreme Court had not given a deadline of 24 hours for the floor test, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar wouldn't have resigned. It was difficult to prove majority in a short span of 24 hours.

12:23 PM

Modi-Shah government is "bankrupt" of decency: Sonia Gandhi

Gandhi said it was clear that the Modi-Shah government is "bankrupt" of decency and clueless on how to manage the grave problems facing the country. The Congress president added that the economic crisis in the country was deepening and growth was declining, unemployment growing and investment not happening.

 

"There is worsening distress among farmers, traders and small and medium businesses. Consumption, especially in rural areas, is falling. Exports are declining. And prices of essential food commodities are rising, causing hardship to households. Instead of tackling the problem, the Modi-Shah government is busy fudging statistics or, indeed, not publishing them at all! "The public sector has been put on the block, in all probability, to be sold off to a few favoured business people. What will he the fate of the thousands of workers at those enterprises? Lakhs upon lakhs of salaried and ordinary families are worried about their deposits in banks," Gandhi said.

 

The Congress president also attacked the government on the RCEP issue, NRC, reading down of Article 370, electoral bonds and snooping allegations among other things.

12:22 PM

BJP making shameless attempts to subvert democracy in Maharashtra: Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the BJP accusing it of making shameless attempts to "subvert democracy" in Maharashtra and to blatantly sabotage the three-party alliance from coming to power in the state.

 

Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament House, she also attacked the governor of the state, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, saying he had acted in an "unprecedented and reprehensible manner".

 

"There is no doubt that he (Koshyari) acted under the instructions of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. The BJP's pre-poll alliance did not hold because of its own arrogance and over-confidence.

 

"Every effort was made to blatantly sabotage the three-party alliance government formation, but we appealed to the Supreme Court and the Modi-Shah government was totally exposed. Let me assure you, we three parties are united in our resolve to defeat the BJP's sordid manipulations," she said at the meeting attended by all Congress MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

 

10:42 AM

BJP making shameless attempts to subvert democracy in Maharashtra: Sonia Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the BJP accusing it of making shameless attempts to "subvert democracy" in Maharashtra and to blatantly sabotage the three party alliance from coming to power in the state.

 

Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament House, she also attacked the Governor of the state and said that he acted in an "unprecedented and reprehensible manner".

 

All party MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were present in the meeting.