In a free flowing conversation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke candidly on a range of issues including backing the controversial idea of carving out a separate state of Vidarbha from Maharashtra, the Aadhaar-linked identification of farm loan waiver beneficiaries and the stampede at the Elphinstone railway station. Fadnavis, who completed three years as Chief Minister on 31 October, was in conversation with ThePrint’s Shekhar Gupta, Mahrukh Inayet and Manasi Phadke in Mumbai.
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On-stage
From left: Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra Chief Minister; Mahrukh Inayet, Contributing Editor; Manasi Phadke, Associate Editor; Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, ThePrint
Audience
From left: Adi Burjorji Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group; Shhyam Singhania, chairman, Enarr Capital & Nani Nani Foundation; Hemandra Kothari, philanthropist & investment banker
Audience member
RA Shah, solicitor and senior partner, Crawford Bayley & Co.
Guests mingling
From left: RA Shah; Sabyasachi Hajara, former chairman & MD, SCI Ltd.; Arjun Khanna, fashion designer
Interaction with the guests
From left: Shekhar Gupta; RA Shah; Hemandra Kothari; Adi Burjorji Godrej
Devendra Fadnavis interacting with the audience
From left: Vinay Ahuja, managing partner, IIFL Wealth Management; RA Shah; Hemandra Kothari; Arjun Khanna with Devendra Fadnavis
Interaction with the guests
From left: Hitesh Jain, lawyer; Shekhar Gupta
The host and the guest
From left: Devendra Fadnavis; Shekhar Gupta
The audience
A packed hall
Questions from the audience
Adi Burjorji Godrej
In conversation
From left: Devendra Fadnavis; Mahrukh Inayet; Manasi Phadke; Shekhar Gupta
The audeince
From left: RA Shah; Sabyasachi Hajara
The audience
From left: Vijay Kalantri, President, AIAI; Saroja Sirisena, Consul General Sri Lanka; Soketu V Shah, joint managing director, Mukand Infinite Resolve
Questions from the audience
From left: Anand Jain, chairman, Jai Corporation Ltd. Mumbai
A packed hall
An engrossed audience
Questions from the audience
An engrossed audience
On-stage
From left: Devendra Fadnavis; Mahrukh Inayet
Questions from the audience
Hemandra Kothari
Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis
The audience
From left: Chhaya Momaya, life coach; Minal Naik, head key relationships, Jet Airways
Questions from the audience
Padmakar Nandekar, chairman & MD, Universal Communications Ltd.
Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis
A packed hall
An engrossed audience
The audience
From left: Vinay Ahuja; RA Shah; Sabyasachi Hajara
In conversation
From left: Devendra Fadnavis; Mahrukh Inayet; Manasi Phadke; Shekhar Gupta
Audience members
From left: Farhat Jamal, senior vice-president operations, Taj Hotels; Rolee Kachru, Head-Marketing & Business Development, ThePrint
Questions from the audience
Naina Lal Kidwai, former CEO & country head HSBC, India
ThePrint team
Devendra Fadnavis with ThePrint team
Wrapping up
Devendra Fadnavis saying goodbye to members of the audience
Honouring the guest
From left: R. Venkataraman, Managing Director, IIFL Holdings; Devendra Fadnavis; Karan Bhagat, MD & CEO, IIFL Investment Managers
Members of the audience mingling
From left: Dilip Mehta; Hemant Toprani, MD, Variety Chemicals
Interaction with the guests
From left: Shekhar Gupta; Ameen Sayani, veteran radio host; Rolee Kachru; Saroja Sirisena
Guests mingling
From left: Ayaz Memon, sports writer; Dr. Shailesh Raina, urologist
Guests mingling
From left: Dr. Shailesh Raina; Minal Naik; Padmakar Nandekar
Guests Mingling
From left: Ameen Sayani; Rajil Sayani, manager, Ameen Sayani