Maharashtra Floor Test Live Updates: Autorickshaw outpaced Mercedes car, Shinde takes a dig at Uddhav

"The cabinet expansion will be done soon," Fadnavis said.

Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, Fadnavis expressed his determination towards the development of the state's Vidarbha region.

Party workers receiving Fadnavis with a garland upon the BJP leader & Maharashtra deputy CM's arrival at the Nagpur airport

"The meeting was regarding the Presidential poll as NDA's candidate Droupadi Murmu will be in Mumbai on July 14. There were no talks on cabinet expansion," state BJP leader Girish Mahajan said.

The leader, who took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on June 30, chaired BJP core committee meeting at his residence on Monday night.

Fadnavis received a warm welcome as he arrived at the Nagpur airport, his first visit to his home city after taking over as the deputy CM of Maharashtra.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis holds roadshow in Nagpur

Shiv Sena is Baba Thackeray's. Cannot be anyone else's. You cannot hijack it through money. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had said, not just money something else was also given. It will be a big expose when this 'something' is revealed: Raut

We are confident of winning 100 seats as Shiv Sena ... Uddhav Thackeray had said let's have mid-term polls and everything will be clear ... who will win & who will lose: Party leader Sanjay Raut

"The BJP-backed Shinde faction government has won the majority test in the assembly. MLA Santosh Bangar stood in favour of Shiv Sena till the election for the post of Speaker of the sssembly and what happened in the 24 hours that he joined the vamp of the 'loyal' Shinde faction at the time of the vote of confidence?," Saamna said.

Saamna also hit out at MLA Santosh Bangar who jumped ship from the Uddhav Thackeray side to the Eknath Shinde faction ahead of the trust vote.

"At the time of floor test, the BJP-backed Shinde group was supported by 164 MLAs and 99 voted against it. Some MLAs of Congress, NCP were absent at the time of the majority test. It is surprising that senior ministers like Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar could not reach the assembly. Devendra Fadnavis has thanked the invisible forces that made the majority test successful. He gave a speech on how strong, great leader Shinde is, but who is the invisible force stopping Fadnavis from taking oath as the chief minister?" Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna said in its editorial on Tuesday.

A day after Eknath Shinde won the Vote of Confidence in the Maharashtraassembly, Shiv Sena on Tuesday termed the victory as "stolen majority" and said that it was "not the belief of the people" of the state. (ANI)

In the wake of heavy rainfall in various parts of Maharashtra, chief minister Eknath Shinde held a discussion with chief secretary Manukumar Srivastava along with directing all the related districts' guardian secretaries to keep a vigil and control the situation: ANI

Days after he publicly shed tears while appealing to rebel Shiv Sena MLAs to return to the party fold, Hingoli district’s Kalamnuri MLA Santosh Bangar changed his stance and voted in favour of the Eknath Shinde government during the trust vote. Bangar is the ninth among the 12 Sena MLAs from Marathwada region to switch loyalty to Shinde.

“We will not overturn all decisions of the previous government out of a sentiment of revenge. We will only undo decisions that did not follow norms or are against the public good," Shinde added.

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Monday his government will follow the Hindutva ideals of Sena founder Bal Thackeray but will work for all sections of society.

During speaker election, discussion is held before voting begins but they reversed the process. People who were delayed by merely 2-3 minutes couldn't enter as they closed the lobby gates. We were with the MVA, and are still with them: Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Maharashtra floor test