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Maharashtra Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat has informed all state MLAs that as per the Governors orders the special session that was scheduled on Thursday will now not be convened.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that he would appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office tomorrow after the investigating agency declined his request to provide some extra time for his appearance in connection with a money laundering case.

The ED had sent him a second summons to appear before July 1, after he failed to appear in his first summon on Monday due to the then political crisis in Maharashtra.

A meeting of the BJP core committee is underway at Sagar Bungalow, the residence of former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai to further deliberate on the strategy for the course of action following Uddhav Thackerays resignation as the Chief Minister on Wednesday.

Backed by rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari to stake a claim to form the government, a day after Uddhav Thackeray announced resignation as chief minister bringing to an end the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

Officials said that this number is expected to swell by Thursday based on latest on-ground intelligence inputs

Officials said that this number is expected to swell by Thursday based on latest on-ground intelligence inputs.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, along with a cabinet of ministers, will take an oath to form the new government in Maharashtra today at 7:30 pm.

Meanwhile, rebel Sena MLAs have left the Guwahati hotel ahead of the floor test in the state Assembly tomorrow.

Both Malik and Deshmukh are currently in jail after being arrested in money laundering and corruption cases respectively.