Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced that senior Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) official Akhikesh Shukla whose goons allegedly assaulted his Maharashtrian neighbours with iron rods in a suburban Kalyan-based housing society, has been suspended with immediate effect.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made his first speech on Thursday, the fourth day of the six-day winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Nagpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of each deceased in the boat mishap in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government has failed to announce the ministerial portfolios of the 39 ministers, even two days after the state assembly's winter session began on Monday as well as the swearing- in ceremony on Sunday.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will expand his cabinet on December 15 at Nagpur and not on December 14 in Mumbai.
Different ministries of the government seem to be working at cross-purposes.
Karnataka BJP leader Anantkumar Hedge made the startling claim that Fadnavis’ sudden swearing-in as the chief minister of Maharashtra was a 'drama' to protect Rs 40,000 crore in central funds and return it safely to the Government.
On Monday, Munde removed 'BJP' from her Twitter bio and from the description of her political journey, fuelling rumour mills post-BJP's failure in forming government in Maharashtra.
However, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis immediately rubbished the claims saying, 'No such major policy decision has been taken by him as CM' and termed the allegations as 'false'.
The Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ in its editorial took a swipe at Fadnavis again over the hush-hush ceremony in which he was sworn in as chief minister on November 23 but had to quit 80 hours later. It said the BJP has lost a face having mass appeal.
