Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday rubbished Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar's statement on the Pahalgam terror attack.
He clarified that class 1 students would now have the option to choose other languages instead of Hindi.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the construction of six-lane access controlled Greenfield High Speed National Highway starting from JNPA Port (Pagote) to Chowk (29.219 km) in Maharashtra.
He said that though Damania met Ajit Pawar late Monday evening and gave him some documents, but nobody asked him to resign. "I will not speak about resignation. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will respond." Munde said.
In a move which would have a far-reaching impact on the automobile sector, the Maharashtra Government has a set up a seven-member committee to study the possibility of banning petrol and diesel vehicles in order to phase them out in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The MMR comprises Mumbai city as well as areas of neighbouring Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts, taking worsening air quality into account.
The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha MP, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, happens to be a part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee tasked with studying the 'One Nation One Election' bill for simultaneous polls. The committee will be asked to submit its report during the budget session.
Incidentally, there has been intense political speculation about what disgruntled OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal's next move would be and whether he would join the BJP which is keen to have an OBC face. Bhujbal had refused to say whether he would join the BJP even after media persons asked him about it.
Even after three weeks of intense and hectic negotiations and lobbying as well as the intervention of the BJP's top brass in Delhi, sources said on Saturday evening that the list of Maharashtra's cabinet ministers and ministers of state is yet to be finalised and will be given "final touches" only by Sunday morning.
As per the announced schedule, the winter session of the Maharashtra assembly is set to begin on Monday, December 16 in Nagpur, which is Maharashtra's winter capital. A last-minute shifting of the oath-taking event to Nagpur cannot be ruled out, sources said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated on Thursday that he held discussions about the cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda and party's National General Secretary BL Santhosh.
