The BJP is creating awareness among people that the the Act intends to help the minorities from neighbouring countries who have faced religious persecution, he said
Fadnavis also took a dig at the Shiv Sena over its Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut's remark that his party respects Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress should not insult Savarkar.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday rearranged some portfolios which were allotted to NCP ministers Jayant Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal on Thursday. On December 12, Patil was allocated Finance and Planning, Housing, Public Health, Co-operation, Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and Minority Welfare ministries. Bhujbal was entrusted with Irrigation, Rural Development, Social Justice, Excise, Skill Development, Food and Drug Administration portfolios. As per new arrangement, Irrigation department was shifted to Patil while Bhujbal got Food, Civil supplies and Consumer Protection and Minority Welfare ministries, a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Thackeray, who heads the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, had taken oath as chief minister on November 28 alongside six ministers -- two each from the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. On December 12, the Sena was allotted crucial portfolios of Home, Industries, Urban Development. The NCP
Pankaja Munde said the BJP was free to decide on her continuance in the party
The Shiv Sena, then a junior partner in the Devendra Fadnavis government, had opposed the felling of trees.
The new government will have to factor in the economic slowdown and the dip in tax collection before committing the state's finances to various projects
The court also fixed January 4, 2020 as the next date of hearing in the case
Fadnavis' counsel Uday Dable prayed the magistrate's court to allow exemption to the BJP leader from appearance in the case
Pawar had on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed "working together" but he rejected the offer
Fadnavis has rejected Hegde's remarks as false.
Hedge says Fadnavis was made CM to protect central funds; Ex-CM trashes claim
State cabinet minister Nitin Raut said the MVA government is committed to development of Vidarbha and its people
However, three days later, Fadnavis resigned as chief minister ahead of the floor test, admitting he does not have the numbers shortly after his deputy Ajit Pawar quit the government.
Fadnavis was speaking in the state Assembly after a resolution was moved to congratulate him on being appointed the leader of opposition
CM Uddhav Thackeray and some ministers greeted Fadnavis, former CM, after Patole made the announcement
The BJP leader further said that this will demotivate the investors who funded the metro project.
BJP is ruling fewer large, important states now but its big Hindutva ideas have won and face little opposition across the country
The 2019 Maharashtra Assembly election tells us that while constancy and fealty pay and that timing is everything
"If this government has a majority then why are they secretly calling the house? Why efforts to change the Pro-tem Speaker, going against the rules?" he asked
Cases of cheating and forgery were filed against Fadnavis in 1996 and 1998, but charges were not framed in both the matters