Maharashtra politics live: Pro tem Speaker Kalidas Kolambkar starts administering oath of office to newly-elected MLAs

The MLAs will take oath at a special session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Following days of extraordinary political developments, pro tem Speaker Kalidas Kolambkar will administer the oath of office to the 288 newly-elected members at a special session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, November 27, 2019.

The special session at 8 a.m. was called by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, using the power vested to him under Article 174 (1) of the Indian Constitution. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is scheduled to take oath as the Chief Minister on Thursday.

This day comes with a big responsibility: Supriya Sule

NCP MP Supriya Sule greets Ajit Pawar, party MLA Rohit Pawar at Vidhan Bhawan entrance. Speaking to reporters, Ms. Sule said "This day comes with a big responsibility."

Ajit Pawar, Ashok Chavan take oath

Nationalist Congress party’s Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal and Congress’ Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan among those administered oath as MLAs.

Maharashtra Assembly session begins

Pro tem Speaker Kalidas Kolambkar starts administering oath to members in the 288-member House.

 Kin and party kept up pressure on Ajit Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar kept the dialogue going with Ajit Pawar by making party leaders visit him, and with emotional appeals by family members and insulating party MLAs from horse-trading, the uncle got the nephew to resign as Deputy Chief Minister, leading to the fall of the four-day-old Devendra Fadnavis government.

Despite his rebellion and swearing-in on Saturday, Mr. Ajit Pawar was neither thrown out of the party nor was State unit president Jayant Patil appointed the full-time legislature party leader.

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Uddhav Thackeray to be sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister on November 28

Leaders of the Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress met Maharahstra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari late on Tuesday to stake claim to form the next government, with Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister.

The swearing in ceremony of the new government will take place at 5.30 p.m. on November 28 at the Shivaji Park stadium, where the Sena party holds it annual Dussehra rally. The MLAs will be sworn in on Wednesday.

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Devendra Fadnavis’ three-day stint as Chief Minister one of the shortest

BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar takes oath as Protem Speaker at the Raj Bhawan in Mumbai. Photo: Special Arrangement  

Devendra Fadnavis’ second tenure as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra has turned out to be one of the shortest in Indian history. He holds the distinction of being a ‘three-day CM’ along with his Karnataka counterpart B.S. Yediyurappa.

Mr. Fadnavis tendered his resignation on Tuesday evening, hours after the Supreme Court asked the BJP government to prove its majority in Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow. Mr. Fadnavis failed to reach the magic figure of 145 — the number of MLAs required to support him to win the confidence motion.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resigned on November 26, barely 80 hours after taking oath for the second time, the move necessitated by his deputy Ajit Pawar’s resignation citing “personal reasons”.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Mr. Fadnavis said his Mr. Ajit Pawar had tendered his resignation earlier in the day.

“After Mr. Pawar’s resignation we don’t have the majority. We will not do any horse-trading,” Mr. Fadnavis said, adding that he would be meeting Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari to submit his resignation.

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