Mahayuti alliance

December 16, 2024 10:47 AM

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: BJP chief Bawankule, Shiv Sena’s Uday Samant, others take oath as ministers

Leaders of the Mahayuti alliance were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. The Mahayuti alliance comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Shiv Sena. BJP leaders, including state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ashish Shelar, Ganesh Naik, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Pankaja Munde, Girish Mahajan, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Chandrakant Patil, and Nitesh Rane, took the ...

November 25, 2024 5:38 PM

Emerging patterns: BJP’s pro-incumbency wave in Maharashtra and beyond

Maharashtra was once a Congress bastion. Now, the BJP is the dominant political party there, maintaining its lead election after election and scripting a clear narrative in a state that had become riddled with fractured electoral numbers since 1990. In Maharashtra, no political party had touched the 100-seat threshold in the 288-member assembly since the 1990 polls. The BJP made history in 2014 when it won 122 seats and maintained its lead in upcoming elections. The party won over 100 seats in ...

November 23, 2024 7:51 PM

“Development, good governance win”: PM Modi hails MahaYuti’s “historic victory” in Maharashtra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the BJP-led MahaYuti alliance's decisive victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections as a "historic mandate" for development and good governance. The alliance is poised to retain power with a commanding majority, winning or leading in 230 of the 288 assembly seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has secured or is leading in only 50 seats. In a post on X, PM Modi thanked the people of Maharashtra for their overwhelming support and reaffirmed h...

November 23, 2024 5:05 PM

“Unprecedented victory… no dispute on CM face”: Devendra Fadnavis on Maharashtra results

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday hailed the Mahayuti alliance’s “unprecedented victory” in the state’s assembly elections, asserting that there would be “no dispute” regarding the Chief Minister’s position. Fadnavis addressed reporters in Mumbai, stating that the overwhelming support for Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction), was a clear endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra...