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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]
The Indian National Congress (INC) party dominated the politics of Maharashtra for many decades since the state's inception in 1960, as well as its predecessor of Bombay State. [17] Maharashtra became a bastion of Congress party stalwarts such as Yashwantrao Chavan, Vasantdada Patil, Vasantrao Naik, and Shankarrao Chavan.
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 .
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 2023 Nationalist Congress Party split occurred on 2 July 2023.Ajit Pawar, along with several other party leaders, broke away from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by his uncle Sharad Pawar and joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance government in Maharashtra. [1]
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Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray was sworn is as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. BJP became the principal opposition party in Maharashtra. [2] On 21 June 2022, Eknath Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader, along with several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi moved to Surat, Gujarat throwing the coalition into a crisis. [3]
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. [1] After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. [ 2 ]