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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 three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj created in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate this phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from the government, political families in the state also control cooperative institutions (mainly cooperative sugar factories), district cooperative banks, and in some cases local unions. [44] [45]
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 .
The alliance was formed by non-NDA political parties in Maharashtra as a result of 2019 Maharashtra political crisis where the Shiv Sena left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for Chief Minister and other important portfolio positions after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.
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 ] 6 February 2024: The Election Commission of India (ECI) awards the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar.
After the 2019 Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena broke its pre-poll alliance with BJP. 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 ...
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 ]
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly: Term: 27 November 2019 – 26 November 2024: Election: 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Government: Second Fadnavis ministry (2019 - 2019) Thackeray ministry (2019–2022) Eknath Shinde ministry (2022–2024) Sovereign; Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2019-2023) Ramesh Bais (2023-2024) C.P ...