Representatives from a total of 38 political parties were in attendance as the meeting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP got underway in the national capital on Tuesday evening.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said that opposition leaders will hold discussion on many things including EVM machines during the second joint opposition meeting in Bengaluru.
It will be the first session after former Leader of Opposition and NCP leader, Ajit Pawar, broke ranks with his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who is also the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo and joined hands with the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance along with a bunch of NCP MLAs.
Soon after the political dynamics of the state changed with the second rebellion in a span of just one year both in Shiv Sena and in NCP by giving a huge dent to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin from Monday which is expected to be a stormy
"Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar along with the cabinet members were present in the meeting," Maharashtra CMO said.
While speaking over questions about whether NCP is with the incumbent government or is in opposition, cleared the air and stated that they are not in government.
A day after the major cabinet expansion in Eknath Shinde-led government, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been trying to create a dispute between the ministers of the NCP who joined the Shinde Faction.
In a major Cabinet reshuffle led by the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, the newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been entrusted with the finance and planning ministries
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker on a plea of Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena seeking direction to the Speaker to take an expeditious decision on the disqualification petitions pending against rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde.
Maharashtra Industries Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Thursday said that the cabinet expansion will be done soon as all three parties who are part of the state government are having discussions over portfolio allocations.
Nationalist Congresss Party spokesperson Mahesh Tapase on Thursday claimed there was "resentment" in the NDA government of the Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BJP and Ajit Pawar-led NCP over differences on portfolio allocation and the possible cabinet expansion.