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Making efforts to garner support in Maharashtra for floor test: BJP

The Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) continued to guard against the poaching of their respective legislators.

Mumbai: Newly-sworn in Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis shakes hands with his Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, in Mumbai, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (PTI Photo)
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Newly-sworn in Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis shakes hands with his Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, in Mumbai, Saturday | PTI Photo

Archis Mohan New Delhi
While all eyes would be on what the Supreme Court says on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday said they were making efforts to garner support of as many legislators as possible to sail through the floor test. The Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) continued to guard against the poaching of their respective legislators.

At the centre of the drama remained the internal Pawar family feud, on which would largely hinge the survival of the Devendra Fadnavis government as and when the Supreme Court orders a floor test. 

The BJP has at least two to

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