The senior Sena leader's comments came in the backdrop of the recent parting of ways between the two old allies over sharing the chief minister's post
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
After receiving the PM, Thackeray left for Mumbai, state government officials said.
The meeting at Nehru Center was attended by Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde, Sanjay Rautand Subhash Desai, and the NCP's Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, sources said
Thackeray has demanded that since Maharashtra contributed nearly half the total tax revenues to the Central exchequer, the Centre should 'waive' off (the state's contribution) for two years
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as chief minister of the state on November 28
Bodies like MHADA, SRA may be merged into a single entity to expedite low-cost housing projects in the city
Talking about the bullet train project to be initiated in the state, Thackeray said that his government has not taken any decision on the project till now
The introduction of bullet train is expected to mark the country's shift to an era of high-speed trains
Shiv Sena has so far expressed concerns over car shed for the city's planned metro network, the bullet train and the West Coast refinery projects
Supriya Sule hugging Ajit Pawar reminded one of the advice Michael Corleone gave his elder brother Fredo
The state government will also come out with a white paper on the financial condition of the state, Thackeray said.
The CM reiterated that he was not stopping any metro project in Mumbai.
Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House
Ministers while taking oath included names of their leaders and other figures which is not as per protocol, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan
The trust vote will be taken up on day one, preceded by the introduction of the new ministers in the House
Thackeray clarified that he had not stayed the work of the Mumbai metro rail project itself
BJP is ruling fewer large, important states now but its big Hindutva ideas have won and face little opposition across the country
Governor B K Koshyari has asked Thackeray to prove majority by December 3
The 2019 Maharashtra Assembly election tells us that while constancy and fealty pay and that timing is everything