Maharashtra LIVE: Sena-NCP-Cong combine parade 162 MLAs in Mumbai hotel

The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party, and the Congress--the combine that had expected to govern Maharashtra--are expected to challenge the BJP in Parliament which resumes after the weekend.

8:22 PM

8:22 PM

Oath at joint parade

Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress MLAs take oath at joint 'parade' not to fall prey to any inducements by BJP

8:06 PM

'This is not Goa, this is Maharashtra'

"There will not be any problem in proving our majority. The one who is suspended from the party cannot give any orders. On the day of floor test, I will bring more than 162 MLAs. This is not Goa, this is Maharashtra," says Sharad Pawar.

8:03 PM

Pawar hits out at BJP

"We are here together for people of Maharashtra. A government was formed in state without majority. Karnataka, Goa, & Manipur, BJP didn't have majority anywhere but formed government," says NCP Chief Sharad Pawar at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai where Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress MLAs have assembled.

7:58 PM

Fight is for Satyamev Jayate: Uddhav

"Our fight is not just for power, our fight is for 'Satyamev Jayate.' The more you try to break us, the more we will unite," says Uddhav Thackeray

7:49 PM

'We are more than 162'

Congress leader Ashok Chavan at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai where Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress MLAs have assembled: We are more than 162, not just 162. We all will be a part of the government. I thank Sonia Gandhi who allowed for this alliance to stop BJP. Governor should invite us to form government.

7:39 PM

7:37 PM

Sharad Pawar arrives

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar arrives at Hotel Grand Hyatt where Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress MLAs have assembled

7:18 PM

6:16 PM

Sena-NCP-Cong combine to 'parade' 162 MLAs in Mumbai hotel

The Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress will "parade" 162 MLAs in a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Monday evening as a proof of their combined strength in the 288-member Assembly, senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut said. Announcing the move on his tweeter handle, Raut appealed to state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to witness the "parading" of the legislators of the three parties.

4:01 PM

Hurt by behaviour of Congress MPs: Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said the behaviour of the Congress MPs, who stormed the Well of the House to protest against the swearing-in of a BJP-led government in Maharashtra, was "unacceptable" and will not be "tolerated." "I am hurt by whatever happened in Parliament today. It is unacceptable and won't be tolerated," Birla told reporters.

2:31 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker suspends 2 Congress MPs

Lok Sabha Speaker suspends Congress MPs TN Prathapan and Hibi Eden for a day after their protests over Maharashtra, reports India Today TV news channel. 

2:19 PM

Fadnavis takes charge as CM

2:16 PM

Parliament adjourned for the day

Lok Sabha  and Rajya  Sabha adjourned for the day after protests by Opposition MPs over Maharashtra crisis. Congress alleges Lok Sabha marshals assaulted the party's women MPs. The government says  Congress members were unruly.

 

2:13 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day after protests by Opposition MPs protest Maharashtra crisis.