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In the land of future of Maharashtra. joined hands with the BJP in a during the oath-taking cere- Government in Maharashtra, Chhatrapati Shivaji, the BJP has Talking to the ANI —the coup and took oath as Deputy mony, later pledged their loy- the BJP on Saturday stunned its carried out fargical strike. We only news agency that covered of Maharashtra Chief Minister alty to Sharad Pawar. political rivals by installing its will not tolerate anyone stab- the events at Raj Bhavan — Devendra Fadnavis. The number of legislators, Government in the State under bing us in the back”. after the swearing-in ceremo- Ajit Pawar’s actions defied if any, backing Ajit Pawar the leadership of Devendra The swearing-in of ny, Fadnavis thanked Modi, ! " *! ! + the party’s policies, said a res- remains a mystery. Fadnavis with the support of a Fadnavis and Ajit took place lit- BJP national president Amit # " $ %& $ ( $ & $' olution passed at the legislature Meanwhile, sources said breakaway faction of the NCP tle over two hours after Shah and party’s working pres- ' $' $ () $ () wing’s meeting here, attended Ajit Pawar’s primary member- led by Ajit Pawar. President’s Rule, which was ident JP Nadda for giving an by party supremo Sharad ship of the party remains intact. The nation woke up to a imposed in Maharashtra on opportunity once again to serve Pawar. “Efforts are on convince most unexpected political November 12, was revoked by as the Chief Minister. P State NCP chief Jayant Patil him to return to the party’s development that rattled the Ram Nath Kovind at 5.47 am. “The people of KK will have all the constitutional fold,” the sources said. three parties which were to During the night-long Maharashtra had given a clear !"$ %& rights till the next legislature When Pawar met Prime meet around noon to formalise drama that preceded the swear- mandate. But, our ally Shiv %&& party leader is elected, it said. Minister Narendra Modi the power-sharing pact among ing-in ceremony, Fadnavis had Sena rejected the mandate and K ! !' Ajit Pawar, the NCP chief’s recently ostensibly to discuss them, as Fadnavis was sworn in earlier struck deal with Ajit instead it attempted to form an As for the numbers for a )O+""! nephew, had been elected as the agrarian crisis in Maharashtra, as the Chief Minister, while Ajit shortly before the midnight, alliance with other parties. As simple majority of 145 in the -"").% . legislature party leader on a lot of eyebrows had been Pawar of the NCP took oath as spoke to the BJP leadership, a result, President’s Rule was aving formed the 288-member Assembly: The /0 October 30 following the raised in the political circles the Deputy Chief Minister at a staked claim with Governor imposed. Having realised that HGovernment in BJP has 105 seats out of the results of the Maharashtra and many felt that it might have brief and sparsely attended Bhagat Singh Koshyari after we can ill-afford to have Maharashtra, will the BJP — total 288 seats in the Assembly KO12+ Assembly elections. something to do with the pre- ceremony at Raj Bhavan here. midnight and the Governor in President’s Rule, we decided to along with the breakaway fac- polls. %++3 The resolution passed at vailing political stalemate in the Hitting out at the BJP for turn sent a report to the Centre, form a stable Government in tion of the NCP led by Ajit Together with the support K 4)"! the meeting also said that Ajit State. carrying out “fargical” (fake) seeking revocation of place of khichdi Government Pawar — be able to prove its of another “dozen or more” K-"" Pawar’s right to issue a whip So much so that when the strike in Maharashtra, a President’s Rule. of three parties. I would like to majority on the floor of the NCP MLAs belonging to the were also revoked. news of his nephew Ajit Pawar shocked Shiv Sena president Prime Minister Narendra express my gratitude to Ajit State Assembly? faction led by Ajit and anoth- K2"+) The party authorised joining the BJP-led Uddhav Thackeray said: Modi, who was the first to con- Pawarji for deciding to join the If the BJP-led Government er 15 independent and small- K%+ ! Sharad Pawar and Jayant Patil Government broke senior BJP “Whatever has happened is gratulate Fadnavis and Ajit on BJP in forming a stable gets defeated in the Speaker’s er party MLAs which Chief % )'"+.+ to decide its stand in light of the leader Sudhir Mungantiwar shameful. They (the BJP) are their being sworn in as the Government. 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