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Arvind Sawant had earlier tweeted that he would resign as minister, paving the way for his party to seek the support of Sharad Pawar’s NCP and the Congress and form the government in Maharashtra.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is also likely to reach Jaipur. After the meeting, Congress leaders are likely to discuss the issue with the top party leadership in Delhi.

The Rajasthan Congress had announced protests against the Centre's economic policies on Novermber 11.

The new aircraft can carry 12 passengers and has a flying range of around 7,000 kilometers, much higher than the present 'Beechcraft Super King' aircraft currently in use.

Rahul Gandhi's sharp attack against the government came on the third anniversary of the demonetisation of high-value currency in 2016.

On January 10 this year, Banerjee withdrew the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking all the credit for the health scheme while ignoring the state’s contribution.

Gadkari’s name was floated for the top job as the Sena leadership is said to be upset with Fadnavis, who has rejected the party's demand for sharing the CM post on a rotational basis.

CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran said it was not right on the part of the bureaucrat to express his opinion in this manner at a time when a magisterial inquiry was on.

Gowda's son and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy too had recently said his party would not try to dislodge the ruling BJP government like the Amit Shah-led party had done to his coalition government.

The Sangh, sources said, would have liked Gadkari to take charge of the situation in Maharashtra but the Union minister is reportedly not interested in returning to state politics.

While the BJP condemned the incident of vandalism, the party maintained that Thiruvalluvar’s era was one where there was no other religion apart from Hinduism.

Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel had broken the odd-even rule and paid a fine of Rs 2,000 when the scheme was implemented by the Kejriwal government in April 2016.

While NCP chief Sharad Pawar will meet Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Monday, BJP’s CM pick Fadnavis will call on party chief and union home minister Amit Shah.

Sanjay Raut's remarks came against the backdrop of the BJP's stand that it will not share the CM's post and Sudhir Mungantiwar's comments that the state may head for President's rule if the new government is not in place by November 7.

Sudhir Mungantiwar faced Shiv Sena's ire over his statement that there could be President's rule if the present impasse did not end, and also said that the saffron allies must respect people's mandate.

Amidst brinkmanship on the government, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday asked if the BJP was threatening MLAs with President's rule in case the impasse over government formation continues.