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Thursday evening, along with leaders of MVA discussed and his team of Ministers from the formalised the contours of the s the special session of the “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” at Uddhav-led Government AMaharashtra Legislative the historic Shivaji Park ahead of the swearing-in cere- Assembly commenced here ground, which in many ways mony. on Wednesday, all eyes were on remained his late father Bal At Thursday’s meeting it NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who Thackeray’s “karma bhoomi” was decided that “one Minister last week rebelled against his from the day he addressed his or two Ministers” from each of party to support the BJP to first-ever Dussehra rally 53 the three constituents of the form government but resigned years ago and till he was cre- MVA will be sworn in along as Deputy Chief Minister on mated there seven years ago. with Uddhav. Tuesday. The first-ever Thackeray to As per the agreement As Ajit entered the Vidhan assume a top elected position, reached among the MVA part- Bhavan premises on 59-year-old Uddhav will be ners earlier, the Sena will get 16 Wednesday morning, his second-ever Shiv Sena leader ministerial berths, the NCP 14 cousin and Lok Sabha member — after Manohar Joshi — to be and the Congress 12. Supriya Sule greeted him with sworn in as the Chief Minister Though it had earlier been a warm hug. at “Shiv Thirth”, better known decided that there would be Sule, the daughter of NCP as Shivaji Park. two Deputy CM — one each chief Sharad Pawar, was stand- Late Thackeray, it may be from the NCP and the ing at the Vidhan Bhavan's recalled, had hand-picked and * %+ , - . #" Congress — it was decided at entrance to greet her party leg- anointed Joshi as the first-ever &" &'* ( ") the meeting that there would be islators. Speaking to reporters Sena Chief Minister, after the only one Deputy CM — that in the Vidhan Bhavan premis- Sena-BJP alliance rode to addressed his first Dussehra that rally). 2014 Assembly polls) on the too from the NCP. es, Ajit said, "I was and am still power for the first time in rally more than four months Though his party’s official Hindutva plank, Uddhav will Talking to media persons with the NCP. I never left the March 1995. after he founded the Shiv Sena mouth-piece “Saamana” which be embarking upon a new after the MVA leaders’ meeting, party." After Ajit revolted It was another matter that on June 19, 1966, and went on began its publication on political journey both for him- NCP leader Praful Patel said, against the party to back a BJP -%%!' % the late Sena chief replaced to address Dussehra rallies January 23, 1988, late self and his party, as he teams “At the meeting, We have dis- Government led by Devendra ! /* ( Joshi with another leader there every year thereafter, Thackeray had all along effec- up with new “secular” partners cussed preparations for tomor- Fadnavis on Saturday, a visibly Narayan Rane nearly four years barring two years. tively used Shivaji Park to send the NCP and the Congress who row’s swearing-in ceremony moved Sule in her WhatsApp post, about Ajit. mony in Raj Bhavan early later. Rane had taken oath of In 2005, the Sena had can- across his directives to lakh of are ideologically polar opposite and most of the issues relating status then said the Pawar In a dramatic twist to Saturday morning. office at another venue. celled the rally owing to heavy supporters across Maharashtra. from the Sena and whom it had to the Cabinet formation and family and the party had split. political events in However, the NCP MLA, Bal Thackeray, whose mor- rain, while Thackeray could not His son Uddhav is carrying on over the years criticised on var- also sharing of the posts of the "Who do you trust in life. Maharashtra, Fadnavis was who won with a whopping tal remains were consigned to make it to the October 24, 2012 with the legacy. ious issues. various State-run boards and Never felt so cheated in life. sworn in as the Chief Minister margin of over 1.6 lakh votes flames in full public view, was Dussehra rally owing to his Having aligned with the He may have accomplished vacant posts in the State Defended him, loved him. and Ajit Pawar as his Deputy from Pune's Baramati seat, emotionally attached to the indisposition (but his video- BJP for 30-long years (except the promise made to his late Legislative Council and Raj Look what I get in return," she by Governor Bhagat Singh resigned as Dy CM on Shivaji Park, where he had recorded speech was played at for a brief period in the run-up father that he would install a Sabha, etc.” had said in another status Koshyari at a hush hush cere- Tuesday. "#$% &'( ! " ) /1&)1 7. ! " # he Opposition parties on $ % " & ' TWednesday grilled the Government in the Rajya Sabha over the poor state of the economy, saying the country is () heading towards a deep crisis & % even as Finance Minister -#/;& + Nirmala Sitharman asserted ! ,- the current situation is only a day after the Sunni Central ) cyclical slowdown and will AWaqf Board decided not to ./0! bottom out by March. file a review petition against the 1 Replying to a discussion on Supreme Court verdict in the ) ' the economic situation in the Ayodhya case, the All India country in the Upper House, Muslim Personal Law Board !" # Sitharaman reeled out numbers # $ % &'% ( ") (AIMPLB) said on Wednesday $% & # comparing between five years it will file a review petition '(' ( 2 under the Congress-led UPA- Initiating a short-term dis- etisation and hasty implemen- has fallen, manufacturing sec- before December 9. a review petition in the Babri II regime from 2009 to 2014 cussion on the economic situ- tation of GST have led to the tor has contracted,” he said. “The board is firm on its Masjid case during the first " # and BJP’s first term from 2014 ation, Congress member present slowdown. Allaying concerns over rev- decision to file a review petition week of December. Sunni Waqf & to 2019 to say that inflation is Anand Sharma said the slow- “It cannot be said as a enue position, Sitharaman said in the Supreme Court and we Board’s decision not to pursue $ % 345. lower and growth higher under down could not be labelled as cyclical slowdown. We are star- direct tax and GST have time till December 9 for the case won’t legally affect us,” ) 34 the Modi Government. a cyclical phenomenon. “In ing at deep economic crisis collections have seen an doing so,” AIMPLB secretary Jilani was quoted as saying in Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh . “FDI inflows in 2009-14 the last few years, the economy which is India specific,” Sharma increase in the first seven Zafaryab Jilani told PTI. a tweet by the AIMPLB. Shia Central Waqf Board on were $189.5 billion and the has suffered. Industry has gone said. He added that all four months of the current fiscal Stressing that the decision “The date for filing the Wednesday said it would ask 6 ' same were $283.9 billion under down and people do not even engines of economic activity — when compared to the same of the Sunni Central Waqf review petition cannot be the Government to give it the the BJP rule in the following have money to buy day-to-day investments, industrial pro- period of the last year. Board, one of the main litigants, announced as of now as it is yet five-acre plot that the Supreme #) " five years. Foreign exchange articles. Situation in the rural duction, credit off-take and India's growth outlook has will have no effect on the AIM- to be decided on whose behalf Court ordered should be allot- ! *+,$!## reserves rose to $412.6 billion regions is even worse,” he said. exports — were shutting down. weakened sharply this year, PLB decision, Jilani said the it will be filed,” Jilani said, while ted for building a mosque, if the 7 under the BJP from $304.2 bil- He said the gap between The numbers are frightening. with a crunch that started with board has already taken a final alleging that prospective Sunni Waqf Board rejects the ! ( " lion in UPA-II. Economic the rich and poor has widened GDP growth has fallen and is the non-banking finance insti- decision in this regard in its Muslim parties, who can file offer. The Shia board could use " & growth may have slowed but in the country in the past few lowest in seven years, invest- tutions spreading to retail busi- meeting here on November 17. the review petition in the SC, the land for setting up a hos- - $ there is no recession, there can years and wrong decisions of ment rates have come down by nesses, car-makers, home sales “Exercising our constitu- are being harassed by the pital and not a mosque, its ",893 be no recession,” she said.