/&&0 ; ," !3""8"#< %" .#8"#< %"< 5 1 +234 36 ,$3 A"# ,- 7, - 7& 9 7 &=9 9, 7 17 & ,9 - 7& 7,7 & -7 ,,97- = ,797 7 : 7 1+: > & / ?@/ > $. ! %% 3 !"# $%& '("')(* + & &# Q R Thackeray and mother NCP’s senior Minister Ajit Meenatai, before taking oath of Pawar, who had created a major 97& : office and secrecy. stir in the State political circles After taking oath, Uddhav by joining hands with the BJP — in a gesture of humility — to form a Government and bent down on the stage, later returned to the parent touched his hands and head on party, had arrived at the venue ! the floor and expressed his along with Supriya and Sharad !"# gratitude to the people of Pawar’s grand nephew and !# Maharashtra for the honour newly elected MLA Rohit " "$% bestowed on him. Pawar. Also present was Shiv %" "! &! Nearly one lakh people Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut, had turned up for the swearing- who played a key role in the ! in ceremony at Shivaji Park. Sena stitching an alliance with L#" "" M " ! *+, Seating arrangements had been the NCP and the Congress. -"# $. /* made for 70,000 people on the Reliance Group chief 1 " "" " " $ 2 ground, while nearly 300 VIPs Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita $3 43" !"# 5 + , &. and guests sat at the stage. Ambani and their family too $63 43" !"# &,5 3 " 7$ Several prominent leaders were present on the 43" !"# &".5 belonging to different political occasion. parties had attended the swear- Prime Minister Narendra L&".$ " " + " . " & ing-in ceremony. They includ- Modi congratulated Uddhav "! 8 # "! " . !" 3. ed Sharad Pawar, Madhya on his taking over as the Chief !$$ "! M ,# " Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Minister. “Congratulations to ! .* -"# "$ 3. Nath, DMK chief MK Stalin Uddhav Thackeray Ji on taking " " . ! " !# " and party leader TR Baalu, oath as the CM of Maharashtra. &". % " - % 7$ - Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, I am confident he will work dili- "%$"$ 3 3 .* #" "! Malikarjuna Kharge, NCP gently for the bright future of leader Praful Patel, BJP leader Maharashtra,” Modi tweeted. and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Chief Ministers and senior Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan, ! ## ! $ % Ashok Chavan, Union Minister Ramdas Athvale and former mammoth gathering at the as Shivaji Park — a venue with from the NCP), Balasaheb Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. historic Shivaji Park in Mumbai which the Sena and Thackerays Thorat and Nitin Raut (both MNS chief Raj Thackeray, n a landmark event in the on Thursday at 6.45 pm. have an emotional attachment. from the Congress). who is the cousin of Uddhav, Ihistory of coalition politics in Apart from Uddhav, six Maharashtra Governor Fifty-nine-year-old made it to the event along with R !! #!%& the State, Shiv Sena president others — two each from the Bhagat Singh Koshyari admin- Uddhav, who is incidentally the his son and mother. He sat on Uddhav Thackeray was sworn Shiv Sena, the NCP and the istered the oath of office and first-ever Thackeray to become the stage during the swearing- in as the Chief Minister of Congress — were sworn in as secrecy to Uddhav and six the Chief Minister in the 53- in ceremony. Maharashtra after the forma- Ministers in the Uddhav MVA Ministers — Eknath year-long history of the Shiv NCP MP Supriya Sule, tion of a Sena-NCP-Congress Thackeray Cabinet at the Shinde, Subhash Desai (both Sena, took the name of the who was seen prominently at hedding its three-decade old combine’s “Maharashtra Vikas colourful ceremony held at from the Shiv Sena), Jayant Maratha warrior Chhatrapati the event, was seen greeting the Spro-Hindutva stance, the Aghadi” (MVA) in front of a “Shiv Thirth” — better known Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both Shivaji, his late father Balasaheb guests at the function. Shiv Sena on Thursday joined hands with the NCP and the Congress to come out with a Common Minimum 6 % $ Programme (CMP) with the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government commit- ting itself to waive farmers’ loans and ensure 80 per cent 4 quota in jobs for locals. The CMP promised farm- /01*2& 3 #$ ! 43 & ,P%4 ers the complete loan waiver as -3P 0' & &1 1 !% && Appropriation Bill on the well as setting up of “one 5 4 ! $ . First Supplementary Statement rupee clinics” across the State !' ( of Expenditure was tabled in which will provide basic health to take a “joint view” (along Congress will take a joint view the Assembly on November 25. screening to people. Sena’s with its two allies) of con- after holding consultations )&!* The House discussed the most discussed promise dur- tentious issues of national and and arriving at a consensus”. 7 demand for grants for three ing the Assembly poll cam- State importance having The CMP released by the days next on November 20, 21 paign — a full meal at 10 — “repercussions and conse- leaders of the three parties '!+ he Winter Session of the and 22. also figured in the CMP. quences” on the “secular fab- focuses on the issues of farm- T16th Odisha Legislative On the concluding day, a A law will be enacted to ric of the nation”. ers, unemployment, women, Assembly was adjourned ensure 80 per cent job quota Setting a “secular” agenda education, urban development, sine die on Thursday ahead for the youth domiciled in for the three parties — two of health, industry, social justice, ith the Opposition of 17 working days. Maharashtra, it said. Also, it identical ideologies and anoth- tourism, arts & culture. Wdemanding action The session that began talked about the filling of all er of a different ideology— the Releasing the CMP at a against BJP MP Pragya Thakur & '( & !P ! on November 13 had been vacant posts in the State CMP preamble of the ruling joint news conference, the leg- for her description of *! $ & + , - . scheduled to end on Government’s various depart- Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress front islature party leaders of Shiv Nathuram Godse as “deshb- December 19. ment immediately. The CMP “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” Sena, NCP and Congress hakt”, the BJP on Thursday dis- Sabha witnessed protests notice for moving a censure While a total of 30 days also promised tenements mea- reads, “The alliance partners Eknath Shinde, Jayant Patil tanced itself from her remark, against Pragya’s Wednesday motion in the Lok Sabha on were scheduled, businesses suring 500 sqft carpet area free commit to uphold the secular and Balasaheb Thorat respec- barred her from attending remark, with Congress leader Thursday against Pragya. were transacted for a total of of cost to eligible slum dwellers values enshrined in the tively announced among other party’s Parliamentary Party Rahul Gandhi criticising her in In the Lok Sabha, Defence 13 days during which at least resolution brought by Congress under the slum rehabilitation Constitution. On contentious things that there would be two meeting during Winter Session a twitter post, “Terrorist Pragya Minister Rajnath Singh sought five Bills were passed. Legislature Party Leader programme instead of the cur- issues of national importance co-ordination committees — and removed her from the calls terrorist Godse a patriot. to placate the Opposition and On the first day of the ses- Narasingha Mishra thanking rent 300 sqft tenements. as well of State importance, one for the coordination with- Parliamentary Consultative A sad day, in the history of said his party condemned any sion on November 13, Finance Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik The Sena committed itself especially having repercus- in the State Cabinet and the Committee of the Ministry of India’s Parliament.” philosophy seeing Mahatma’s Minister Niranjan Pujari pre- to host the Men’s Hockey to “upholding the secular val- sions/consequences on the other for coordination among Defence. The Congress and other killer as a sented the Supplementary World Cup 2023 was passed ues enshrined in the secular fabric of the nation, the the alliance On Thursday, the Lok constituents of the UPA gave a patriot. Budget. unanimously. Constitution” and promising Shiv Sena, the NCP and the partners. )%! !""# P &!!,-!. ! - %) $% 7 R ut of the total Oapplicants so Government clarify as to how Patro didn’t respond, Congress far, over 95,000 two private persons named R members rushed into the Well have been issued Mohapatra (47) and her daugh- of the House and shouted slo- # accused compelled the Dalit driving licences ter SS Mahapatra were taken to gans. girl to commit suicide after (DLs) after enforce- the road show on Government Unable to run proceed- exhibiting nude photo of her rahMos supersonic cruise ment of the amend- money. ings, the Speaker adjourned the rape on her wall. Bmissile was successfully ed Motor Vehicles Congress member Santosh House for 20 minutes at 12.11 "The choice before the hap- test-fired from a naval warship (MV) Act in the Singh Saluja severely criticized and then twice till 3 pm. less girl to commit suicide was on Thursday. The supersonic State, informed 7 the Minister for spending pub- When the House reassem- 7 nothing but imperative," he missile, with a strike-range of Commerce & lic money for visit of two pri- bled, Congress members also told. over 290 km, was test-fired Transport Minister Tripathy, the Minister told the he State Assembly on vate persons. He raised a ques- trouped into Well of the House he National Commission Paswan also came down from the Navy’s stealth destroy- Padmanabha Behera in the Assembly that a total of 63,027 TThursday witnessed fre- tion as to why the full names of and insisted on their demands. Tfor Schedule Caste headed heavily on the local police and er INS Kochi, hitting a State Assembly on Thursday. have applied for LLs at quent adjournments as the two women were not men- Though the Speaker asked the by Dr Yogendra Paswan on the district administration for decommissioned target ship A total of 1,44,675 persons Bhubaneswar RTO-I, of which Opposition members demand- tioned in records.