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The 2022 Maharashtra political crisis began on 21 June 2022 in the Indian state of Maharashtra when Eknath Shinde, along with several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition moved to Surat in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-governed Gujarat, throwing the coalition into a crisis. [2] [3] [4]
After the 2023 Maharashtra political crisis, the Ajit Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party also joined the government. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra , which was the first major election after the split of the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena, Maha Vikas Aghadi won 30 out of 48 seats while Maha Yuti could only get ...
The political crisis concluded when discussions between Shiv Sena, NCP and INC lead to the formation of a new alliance, Maha Vikas Aghadi. A new government was formed by the Maha Vikas Aghadi, a new alliance of Shiv Sena , the Indian National Congress , and the Nationalist Congress Party , under Uddhav Thackeray .
Maharashtra is India's third largest state by area and has over 112 million inhabitants. Its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million; Nagpur is Maharashtra's second, or winter, capital. [1] Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system.
30 June 2023: A final meeting of rebel NCP leaders takes place, finalizing the plan to join the Shinde-Fadnavis government. [1] 2 July 2023: Ajit Pawar, along with eight other NCP leaders, is sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, marking the official split in the party. [16]
Two days later, on 25 November, 162 legislators (Maharashtra Assembly has a total strength of 288), met in Mumbai, evincing that Fadnavis' government did not enjoy majority support. [15] Simultaneously, a plea had been filed before the Supreme Court regarding the political crisis in the state.
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Instead, it formed a government with NCP and Congress. [2] Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister, and Shinde was the public works and urban development minister. In June 2022, alongside several Shiv Sena legislators, Shinde withdrew from the Thackeray government. [3] Amidst a political crisis, Thackeray resigned.