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6.07 pm: NCP says collapse of the Fadnavis government has punctured the BJP”s “arrogance”.
6.07 pm: Congress says the Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra was based on “defections” and fell like a “house of cards”, and asked Governor Koshiyari to invite its alliance with the Shiv Sena and the NCP to form the government in the state.
5.59 pm: BJP says parties “rejected by people” in the Assembly polls have joined hands to “steal” popular mandate. The party said the decision to form the government despite lacking numbers was done so in “good faith” after being assured of the NCP”s support by its leader Ajit Pawar.
5.52 pm: Maharashtra governor convenes Assembly session, MLAs to be sworn in on Wednesday.
5.50 pm: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray to be next CM, NCP leader Nawab Malik says, adding Sena, NCP and Cong will continue their alliance for the next 20-25 years.
5.06 pm: BJP”s Kalidas Kolambkar appointed as pro-tem Speaker of Maharashtra assembly.
4.34 pm: Fadnavis submits resignation as Maharashtra CM to Governor BS Koshyari
3.44 pm: CM Fadnavis tells press conference that he will go to Raj Bhawan to tender resignation.
He said Shiv Sena threatened BJP over Chief Minister’s post.
3.42 pm: NCP”s Ajit Pawar gave his resignation leading to realisation we don”t have the numbers: Fadnavis
3.36 pm: Maharashtra poll mandate was more for BJP than Shiv Sena: Devendra Fadnavis at a press conference.
3.20 pm: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has resigned, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
3.18 pm: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut claims Ajit Pawar is now with Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance.
3.16 pm: Uddhav Thackeray to be chief minister for five years: Sanjay Raut after meeting of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance leaders
3.01 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with BJP chief Amit Shah, who is also the Union home minister, and the party”s working president J P Nadda after the SC orders a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday.
2.29 pm: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad criticises Congress for boycotting the Constitution Day celebrations in Parliament and said it is an “insult” to Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
2.17 pm: Ahead of floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly, Congress calls for appointment of senior-most lawmaker in assembly as pro-tem speaker, saying precedents and conventions should be followed.
1.18 pm: All newly elected BJP MLAs in Maharashtra have been asked to reach Mumbai to attend a meeting which will be addressed by Fadnavis on Tuesday evening.
12.34 pm: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh says the way the Centre behaved in Maharashtra, not certain constitutional norms safe in hands of present establishment.
12.18 pm: Congress president Sonia Gandhi expresses confidence of a win in Maharashtra Assembly floor test.
12.07 PM: Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde says Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should resign as the Uddhav Thackeray”s party-led coalition has the support of “162 MLAs” to prove majority in the Maharashtra Assembly.
11.50 am: The BJP says floor test in the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday will establish the position of different parties in its entirety.
Its national spokesperson Nalin Kohli also rejects the contention that the SC order is a “setback” to the BJP.
11.46 am: Security stepped up around the Vidhan Bhawan in Mumbai. Elaborate police arrangement has been made to avoid any untoward incident outside the premises.
11.39 am: NCP chief Sharad Pawar says he is grateful to SC for upholding democratic values.
11.32 am: Opposition parties, including the Congress and the Shiv Sena, skips a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the Constitution Day to mark their protest against the BJP”s alleged high-handedness in Maharashtra.
11.22 am: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut says truth cannot be defeated.
11.03 am: End of BJP”s game, says NCP on Supreme Court”s ruling over Maha political drama
11 am: Cong leader Prithviraj Chavan says his party, Sena and NCP are satisfied with SC order of floor test in Maha assembly, Constitution has been respected on Constitution Day.
10.42 am: SC directs Maha Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to ensure all elected members of the House are sworn in on Wednesday itself.
10.39 am: Floor test in Maharashtra Assembly for Chief Minister Fadnavis to prove his majority in the assembly will be held on Wednesday: SC
9.14 am: In an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ”Saamana”, the party lashes out at Maharashtra governor over the hush hush swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
It said while one Bhagat Singh went to the gallows for freedom, the other one “hanged” democracy in the darkness of night.
(as reported by news agency PTI)
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