Nationalist Congress Party

A total of 26 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state from Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP take oathThere are 43 ministers in the 288-member state assembly, including the chief minister

With 54 MLAs, the NCP is the third largest party after the BJP (105) and the Shiv Sena (56)The NCP's ally Congress has 44 winning candidates in the 288-member house where the majority mark is 145

The BJP-Sena is looking to carry the momentum from its LS poll performance in assembly polls likely in OctoberThe Maratha quota, reduced to 12% in education and 13% in jobs by the court, is a substantial sop for the community estimated at 30-32% of Maharashtra's population

Some other major cities have also been put on high alert as tension escalates between India, PakistanMaharashtra govt curtailed state's budget session to ease burden on security agencies in view of the current situation

Pawar is playing hardball with the Congress which is keen on putting together a mahagathbandhan of parties opposed to the BJP

While Shiv Sena's tally went up from 9 to 11 seats, the BJP maintained its strength and tally of NCP and Congress declined

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Niranjan Davkhare told reporters that he had sent his resignation to legislative council chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar says some district central cooperative banks in Maharashtra will move Supreme Court if centre and RBI does not allow them to exchange demonetised notes

Opposition parties, anti-BJP organizations join hands in 'Samvidhan Bachao' (Save the Constitution) rally, led byNCP chief Sharad Pawar, on Republic Day

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel says the Congress would have 'done better' in the Gujarat election if it had formed an alliance with his party