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Friday, April 26, 2024
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

PTI -
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

Haima Deshpande -
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

PTI -
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

Renu Agal -
A round up of the Hindi newspapers opinion pages to reflect the viewpoint from the heartland on topical issues.

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

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

PTI -
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

Pia Krishnankutty -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

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

Neelam Pandey -
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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BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Rajkummar Rao must keep his chin up. Questions will be asked and he’s no victim

DD News anchor calls Congress wealth survey ‘communist ideology’. It’s following BJP’s lead

Economy

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

Bharath Rajeswaran -
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Defence

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Smruti Deshpande -
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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