# RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 07'803 +& %&'('%( ) *%+, -- .'./0'12 -3 ,+ );/O, (A 345)7(#(-(+1((-#>B DD.1&./";," )1 7. -#/;& 27;,( 272(/1"&($ ." (!.""1)1(7,1/( A $(/-7.$(.,$ -7(/).($7 &.7)(( -7. )O"$;&7 )17$()/ 7A)1$(2()D.E(A&()( - )6: & 004 <35 C( " 1 ( #*# )!$+*$% ,5" $9 :;% ! "#$%&# '$!$" ()$ # R R "## !!2(. of Maharashtra, but Uddhav appears to have a long and an t will be an emotional altogether different journey Imoment for Uddhav ahead. Thackeray and a historic occa- At a four-hour-long meet- ! " sion for the Shiv Sena when he ing held at the YB Chavan takes oath as the 19th Chief Centre in south Mumbai, the Minister of Maharashtra on leaders of MVA discussed and !!2(. Thursday evening, along with formalised the contours of the his team of Ministers from the Uddhav-led Government s the special session of the “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” at ahead of the swearing-in cere- AMaharashtra Legislative the historic Shivaji Park mony. Assembly commenced here ground, which in many ways At Thursday’s meeting it on Wednesday, all eyes were on remained his late father Bal was decided that “one Minister NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who Thackeray’s “karma bhoomi” or two Ministers” from each of last week rebelled against his from the day he addressed his the three constituents of the party to support the BJP to first-ever Dussehra rally 53 MVA will be sworn in along form government but resigned years ago and till he was cre- with Uddhav. as Deputy Chief Minister on mated there seven years ago. As per the agreement Tuesday. The first-ever Thackeray to reached among the MVA part- As Ajit entered the Vidhan assume a top elected position, ners earlier, the Sena will get 16 Bhavan premises on 59-year-old Uddhav will be ministerial berths, the NCP 14 Wednesday morning, his second-ever Shiv Sena leader and the Congress 12. cousin and Lok Sabha member — after Manohar Joshi — to be Though it had earlier been Supriya Sule greeted him with sworn in as the Chief Minister decided that there would be a warm hug. at “Shiv Thirth”, better known two Deputy CM — one each Sule, the daughter of NCP as Shivaji Park. from the NCP and the chief Sharad Pawar, was stand- Late Thackeray, it may be Congress — it was decided at ing at the Vidhan Bhavan's recalled, had hand-picked and %& &' ( ) *& # the meeting that there would be entrance to greet her party leg- anointed Joshi as the first-ever # % ! "#$ only one Deputy CM — that islators. Speaking to reporters Sena Chief Minister, after the too from the NCP. in the Vidhan Bhavan premis- Sena-BJP alliance rode to rally more than four months Though his party’s official Hindutva plank, Uddhav will Talking to media persons es, Ajit said, "I was and am still power for the first time in after he founded the Shiv Sena mouth-piece “Saamana” which be embarking upon a new after the MVA leaders’ meeting, with the NCP. I never left the March 1995. It was another on June 19, 1966, and went on began its publication on political journey both for him- NCP leader Praful Patel said, party." After Ajit revolted matter that the late Sena chief to address Dussehra rallies January 23, 1988, late self and his party, as he teams “At the meeting, We have dis- against the party to back a BJP )"+ "& replaced Joshi with another there every year thereafter, Thackeray had all along effec- up with new “secular” partners cussed preparations for tomor- Government led by Devendra + ,% ! leader Narayan Rane nearly barring two years. tively used Shivaji Park to send the NCP and the Congress who row’s swearing-in ceremony Fadnavis on Saturday, a visibly four years later. Rane had taken In 2005, the Sena had can- across his directives to lakh of are ideologically polar opposite and most of the issues relating moved Sule in her WhatsApp post, about Ajit. mony in Raj Bhavan early oath of 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 status then said the Pawar In a dramatic twist to Saturday morning. 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 family and the party had split. political events in However, the NCP MLA, tal remains were consigned to make it to the October 24, 2012 with the legacy. ious issues. various State-run boards and "Who do you trust in life. Maharashtra, Fadnavis was who won with a whopping flames in full public view, was Dussehra rally owing to his Having aligned with the He may have accomplished vacant posts in the State Never felt so cheated in life. sworn in as the Chief Minister margin of over 1.6 lakh votes emotionally attached to the indisposition (but his video- BJP for 30-long years (except the promise made to his late Legislative Council and Raj Defended him, loved him. and Ajit Pawar as his Deputy from Pune's Baramati seat, 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.” Look what I get in return," she by Governor Bhagat Singh resigned as Dy CM on addressed his first Dussehra that rally). 2014 Assembly polls) on the Sena man as the Chief Minister Continued on Page 4 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 collections 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 have seen an increase in the 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 first seven months of the cur- 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 rent fiscal when compared to Stressing that the decision “The date for filing the Wednesday said it would ask 6 ' same were $283.9 billion under down and people do not even engines of economic activity — the same period of the last year. of the Sunni Central Waqf review petition cannot be the Government to give it the the BJP rule in the following have money to buy day-to-day investments, industrial pro- India's growth outlook has Board, one of the main litigants, announced as of now as it is yet five-acre plot that the Supreme #) " five years. Foreign exchange articles. Situation in the rural duction, credit off-take and weakened sharply this year, will have no effect on the AIM- to be decided on whose behalf Court ordered should be allot- ! *+,$!## reserves rose to $412.6 billion regions is even worse,” he said. exports — were shutting down. with a crunch that started with 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. the non-banking finance insti- 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 tutions spreading to retail busi- 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- nesses, car-makers, home sales 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 and heavy industries.