20-613: MVA may refer to: Maha Vikas Aghadi , the ruling coalition of parties that had formed a government in Maharashtra , India Maha Vikas Aghadi The Maha Vikas Aghadi ( transl. Grand Development Front ; abbreviated as MVA ), is a state-level political alliance of centre to centre-left political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra . It is one of the two major political alliances in Maharashtra. The alliance
40-417: A lake near their native village in Maharashtra. The boat overturned and both the children died by drowning. Shinde went into a period of depression for several months. Anand Dighe provided emotional support to Shinde and entrusted him with greater responsibility in order to keep his mind occupied and away from depression. Their surviving child, Shrikant Shinde , is an orthopaedic surgeon who has also been
60-943: A senior Shiv Sena leader, wanted to break the Maha Vikas Aghadi and establish BJP - Shiv Sena coalition again. Subsequently he gathered the support of 2/3rd members of his party. On 29 June, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister ahead of the No-confidence motion . Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister with Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy CM on 30 June. Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party breaks into two camps and 9 NCP MLAs with former UPA Minister Praful Patel take oath as Cabinet Minister in Eknath Shinde -led Government of Maharashtra . Maharashtra Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: [eknaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e] ; born 9 February 1964 )
80-695: Is an Indian politician who is serving as the Caretaker Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 26 November 2024 until new Chief Minister is appointed. He is also Chairperson of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since July 2022. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane , Maharashtra, since 2009 and
100-572: The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election . Sharad Pawar , Sanjay Raut , Ahmed Patel and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in Modi's cabinet , Arvind Sawant , tendered his resignation. Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of
120-568: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections . The party secured 7 seats, demonstrating a higher success rate compared to their alliance partner, the BJP, which won 10 seats in Maharashtra. This electoral success helped consolidate Shinde's position within the state's political landscape. After Eknath Shinde established the government, he started using the Shiv Sena name and symbols without Uddhav Thackrey's permission. This created issues as Uddhav Thackeray also claimed to be
140-468: The Deputy Chief Minister . On 30 June 2022, Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, following a political crisis that led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. His appointment came after he led a rebellion within the Shiv Sena party, aligning with the BJP to form a new government. Under Shinde's leadership, his faction of the Shiv Sena performed well in
160-566: The Indian National Congress -led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. 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
180-552: The Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance due to ideological differences and apparent unfair treatment by the Congress Party and NCP . Few Shiv Sena members alleged that their complaints were ignored by Uddhav Thackeray . Shinde was able to gather 2/3rd of members from his party to support his request. The crisis began on 21 June 2022 when Shinde and several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition moved to Surat in
200-455: The government ministry . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University in 2020. Shinde was awarded an honorary D.Litt. (Doctor of Literature) by D.Y. Patil University at the convocation of the university in Navi Mumbai on 28 March 2023, at the hands of Maharashtra governor Ramesh Bais and university chancellor Dr Vijay Patil. Shinde
220-563: The BJP-governed Gujarat , throwing the coalition into a chaos. As a result of Shinde's revolt, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra and said that he will also resign from the Maharashtra Legislative Council . Shinde successfully reestablished an alliance with the BJP and was sworn in as the 20th Chief minister, with Bharatiya Janata Party 's Devendra Fadnavis being sworn as
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#1732852054351240-402: The formation of a new state government . The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena alliance crossed the majority of 145 seats needed in the assembly by winning a total of 161 seats in the alliance. Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition INC-NCP Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats. Eknath Shinde ,
260-495: The leader of Shiv Sena. Uddhav's faction challenged this in court, which was eventually moved to the Election Commission of India. The Commission recognized Eknath Shinde's faction as the real Shiv Sena party, which ended the leadership dispute. The Election Commission also found the changes made to the Shiv Sena party constitution in 2018, under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, to be undemocratic. The amendments centralized
280-670: The office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. In 2022, during a party meeting, Uddhav Thackeray explained his move to pull out of NDA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP." Given
300-531: The party's control and were criticized for not allowing free, fair, and transparent elections for the party positions. On 4 February 2024, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled that Shinde's faction was the "real Shiv Sena" political party. This decision was a significant setback for the rival faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde is married to Lata Shinde. On 2 June 2000, their son Dipesh (aged 11, born 1989) and daughter Shubhada (aged 8, born 1992) went boating in
320-437: The varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees for guidance of the coalition - a co-ordination committee for implementation of common minimum programme and other higher decision making committee that will include party chiefs. A political crisis in the Indian state of Maharashtra occurred on 21 October 2019 after the declaration of results of the 2019 legislative assembly election over
340-576: Was elected to the post of the Leader of the House of the Thane Municipal Corporation. In 2002 he was re-elected to the Thane Municipal Corporation for the second time. He has been elected as Member of Legislative Assembly since 2004 for four consecutive terms. Shinde was in favour of breaking the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance and reestablishing an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party . He requested Uddhav Thackeray to break
360-624: Was formed under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT) (then Shiv Sena ), Sharad Pawar of the NCP(SP) and Sonia Gandhi of the INC , along with the support from the Samajwadi Party , PWPI , CPI(M) and several other political parties including Independent MLAs. MVA is currently the official opposition in Maharashtra Legislature . Most of the MVA constituents are members of
380-543: Was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009. Eknath Shinde hails from Dare Village , Jawali taluka in Satara , Maharashtra, and belongs to the Maratha community. His family moved to Thane . He studied until 11th standard at Mangala High School & Junior College, Thane. Shinde left school to support his family; however, he resumed his education in 2014 after joining
400-663: Was introduced to politics by then Thane Shivsena President Anand Dighe in early 1980. Initially, he was leading the Shiv Sena agitation in the Wagle Estate . He became one of the prominent labour leader in the region. After recognition from Dighe, in 1984 he became a Sakha Pramukh in the Thane. In 1997, he was elected to the Thane Municipal Corporation as a corporator for the first time. Shinde became successor to Dighe's legacy after his death in 2001. Later in 2001 he
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