Mumbai: Maharashtra Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday presented the first budget of the Eknath Shinde-BJP government. The populist budget had plenty of sops for farmers and women. The ₹16,211-crore revenue deficit budget was slammed by the opposition as an election gimmick done with an ‘eye on early assembly polls’. Fadnavis said his budget was … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be set up to probe the alleged murder of a Marathi newspaper journalist Shashikant Warishe from Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on February 11. Mr. Fadnavis, who also holds the Home Department portfolio, said … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis watches the live telecast of Union Budget 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 01, 2023. Photo: Twitter/@Dev_Fadnavis Stating that the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would give a massive boost for Maharashtra’s sugarcane industry, Deputy Chief Minister and State Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis … Read more
A day after his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday refuted speculation that they had discussed an expansion of the State cabinet. Speaking to reporters in Aurangabad, Mr. Fadnavis said that the much-delayed second phase expansion would be carried out “at an appropriate time.” … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the government will not revert to the old pension scheme as it would put a burden of ₹1.10 lakh crore on the exchequer and lead to bankruptcy of the state. Replying to a question in … Read more
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the outcome of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra indicates that not only people, but even the MLAs of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) were unhappy with the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation in the state. Taking a dig at the three-party coalition comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP … Read more
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday hit out at the Maharashtra government, saying that its “outright refusal” to slash the excise duty on petrol and diesel, has exposed the hollowness of some of its leaders, who blame the Centre for the fuel price hike. He also warned that the BJP would launch an agitation … Read more
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s claim that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis will become the chief minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 state polls is “far from reality”. It was the BJP which “ditched” the Shiv Sena in … Read more
Twelve BJP MLAs of the Maharashtra assembly were suspended for a year for allegedly using abusive language and for “pushing” and “shoving” the acting assembly Speaker Bhaskar Jadhav. BJP has denied the charges and claimed that the government suspended the legislators as part of a plot to bring down the opposition numbers and to “silence” … Read more
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday claimed the Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) government in the state did not act on an “incriminating” state intelligence department report containing audio intercepts of a “large scale corruption” in police transfers and postings, and said he would seek a probe by the CBI. Fadnavis said he had “6.3 … Read more