President’s rule in Maharashtra

Sep 28, 2014

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Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis release party's manifesto for upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled to be held in Nagpur — Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis release party’s manifesto for upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled to be held in Nagpur

President’s rule was Sunday imposed in poll-bound Maharashtra.

President’s rule has been imposed and the state assembly has been kept under suspended animation in Maharashtra, an official release said here.

Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra assembly are slated for Oct 15.

The decision to impose President’s rule was cleared by the union cabinet in a meeting Saturday, following a recommendation to this effect by Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao after resignation of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Friday.

Chavan’s resignation came a day after ally Nationalist Congress Party Thursday ended its 15-year-old alliance with the Congress in the state and withdrew support to the Congress-led Democratic Front government, reducing it to a minority.

The governor accepted Chavan’s resignation Saturday and asked him to continue as caretaker chief minister till alternative arrangements could be made.