Maharashtra govt formation live: Devendra Fadnavis slams Uddhav's decision on Aarey

Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday started vacating the official CM residence in South Mumbai. A vehicle of a professional packers and movers company arrived at 'Varsha', the official CM bungalow in the upscale Malabar Hill area, in the afternoon to shift his belongings, a police official posted there said. Fadnavis had resigned from the CM's post on Tuesday afternoon. Read full story

Soon after Uddhav Thackeray was sworn-in as the chief minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut took a jibe at former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis — whose second tenure lasted for three days — for being elected as leader of the opposition party in the state. Read full story

Speculation about whether Ajit Pawar would raise a banner of revolt again was set to rest when it was made clear on Thursday that he would be made deputy CM after the floor test. "It's a fact that originally it was proposed to induct Ajit as deputy CM. Later it was felt that he should be inducted during the cabinet expansion," an NCP politician said. Read full story

53 years after the Shiv Sena was founded, a Thackeray was sworn in as Maharashtra's CM on Thursday. Uddhav assumed the top post at a grand ceremony at Shivaji Park, a location redolent with symbolism for Sena. It was here that the party held its first rally and where its first CM was sworn in over two decades ago; Bal Thackeray was also cremated on this very ground. Read full story