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There is no question of forming an alliance with @BJP4Maharashtra.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) November 24, 2019
NCP has unanimously decided to ally with @ShivSena & @INCMaharashtra to form the government. Shri Ajit Pawar’s statement is false and misleading in order to create confusion and false perception among the people.
CM @Dev_Fadnavis and DCM @AjitPawarSpeaks today met and discussed on various measures for additional support & assistance to unseasonal rain affected farmers. Tomorrow it will be further discussed with the Chief Secretary & Finance Secretary.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) November 24, 2019
In the special hearing on a holiday, the apex court issued notices to the Centre and Maharashtra government on the petition filed by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine against the governor's decision to swear in Fadnavis as the chief minister.
A bench of Justices NV Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna also issued notice to Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Reacting to the court's decision, Shelar said, "The game is up for the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena. Ajit Pawar can issue whip to the NCP legislators."
The NCP, however, claimed the Devendra Fadnavis government will be defeated in the floor test, scheduled for Nov. 30.
Reacting to the Supreme Court's decision, NCP leader Nawab Malik said, "The swearing-in took place on the basis of bogus documents. Devendra Fadnavis does not have the numbers." "It is better if he quits on his own, else face defeat on the floor of the House during the trust vote," he said.
Malik also said that out of the five NCP MLAs reported 'missing' till Sunday morning, two returned and another one posted a message on social media stating he was with the NCP.
"We expect the rest to return by evening," he said.
The BJP and the Sena, which fought the last month's Assembly polls in an alliance, secured a comfortable majority by winning 105 and 56 seats respectively.
The Sena, however, broke its three-decade-long ties with the BJP after the latter declined to share the chief minister's post.
The Congress and the NCP, both pre-poll allies, won 44 and 54 seats respectively.
Mumbai: NCP MLA Manikrao Kokate reaches Renaissance Hotel where other MLAs of the party are staying. He had reportedly accompanied Dy CM Ajit Pawar to the Governor’s residence & was missing since y'day. NCP chief Sharad Pawar is present at the hotel to meet the MLAs #Maharashtra
— ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2019
A three-judge Supreme Court bench has begun the hearing of a joint petition against the appointment of BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra’s chief minister.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal starts arguing for Shiv Sena while Abhishek Singhvi is appearing for NCP and Congress.
Ajit Pawar took false documents to the Raj Bhawan yesterday which the Governor then accepted, said Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, in conversation with ANI. “Even if today, Governor asks us to prove majority, we can do it right now. 49 NCP MLAs are with us,” he said. In total, Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine have 165 MLAs, he added.
Raut went on to say that Ajit Pawar has made the “biggest mistake of his life by backstabbing Sharad Pawar at this age”.
Maharashtra: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Baban Shinde arrives at NCP Chief Sharad Pawar's residence in Mumbai. He did not attend the NCP Legislative Party Meeting yesterday. pic.twitter.com/7jYizGwnay
— ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2019
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