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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicMaharashtra govt formation

Topic: Maharashtra govt formation

A deadlock in the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly has been on since the result of the state elections were announced on 24 October 2019. While BJP emerged the single largest party with 105 seats, it still fell short of the majority mark. The Shiv Sena won 56 seats and the NCP won 54.

Maharashtra govt allots portfolios, home ministry goes to Sena, NCP gets finance

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Congress, the third party in the Maharashtra coalition govt, was given revenue, energy, education, PWD, textiles, women and child welfare ministries.

Maharashtra coalition politics holds up portfolio allocation. Uddhav begins on a wrong note

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Bastion lost & party not in power, BJP’s Pankaja Munde hints at major political declaration

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In Facebook post, Munde, who lost her Parli seat in the Maharashtra polls, has sought ‘me time’ till 12 December, her later father Gopinath Munde’s birth date.

BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis named Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray greeted former CM Fadnavis, after speaker Nana Patole made the announcement.

Amar Ujala on Thackeray sarkaar and Dainik Bhaskar on religion extremism

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‘Chanakya’ Sharad Pawar, BJP ‘reprimands’ Pragya Thakur & the state of democracy

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BJP subverting democracy in Maharashtra & sabotaging three-party alliance: Sonia Gandhi

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At a party meet, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said the Maharashtra governor acted in an unprecedented manner on the instructions of PM and home minister.

Swapan Dasgupta says Maha ‘drama’ not over & Jaimini Bhagwati wants an end to reservations

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Amit Shah on angering Arnab, Express on electoral bonds & RBI and Sharad ‘Power’

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Koshyari, the lacklustre politician who spiced up Maharashtra politics as governor

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Koshyari served as Uttarakhand CM for four months and an MP for 11 years, but the governorship was his ‘reward’ for never getting his due.
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Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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