NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, clearing the air over talks of his party's support to BJP in Maharashtra, said on Sunday, 24 November, that there is no question of forming an alliance with the ruling party.
Earlier, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter after assuming charge, adding that the state will see a stable BJP-NCP government.
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- Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were sworn in by Governor Koshyari at a hush hush ceremony in Mumbai, leading to lifting of the President’s rule in the state.
- Ajit removed as NCP Legislative Party Leader and replaced by Jayant Patil
- Sena moved its 55 MLAs to a hotel in Mumbai, the NCP did the same, indicating return to ‘resort politics’
- In the polls, BJP won 105 seats, while the Shiv Sena won 56. Opposition Congress won 44 seats, while the NCP won in 54 constituencies
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