Union cabinet recommends Prez rule in Maharashtra

New Delhi, September 27, 2014: The union cabinet Saturday evening recommended President’s Rule in Maharashtra, official sources said. The development follows a recommendation to this effect by Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao earlier in the day following the resignation of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Friday.

Presided over by union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence, the special cabinet meeting’s recommendation will be sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan.Chavan’s resignation came a day after the 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 in the 288-member assembly.

Source: The Shillong Times