Three days and eight hours. That’s how long Devendra Fadnavis’s second term as Maharashtra’s Chief Minister lasted. Three days and eight hours after he was sworn in as Chief Minister for his second term, Devendra Fadnavis announced that he will resign. His announcement came barely two hours after Ajit Pawar resigned as Deputy Chief Minister.  The suspense around who’ll form Maharashtra’s new government came to an end after a grueling month of drama, on 26 November. The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is all set to form the government in Maharashtra with Uddhav Thackeray as the state’s new Chief Minister. Barely hours after the Supreme court ordered a floor test in Maharashtra, asking the BJP government to prove their majority in the Maharashtra assembly, both Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar stepped down from their posts, leaving the field wide open for the Sena-NCP-Congress combine. This is The Big Story, the daily podcast where we dissect headline-making news. I’m Vishnu Gopinath. The date is 26 November. If you like this podcast, don’t forget to subscribe. You can listen to us on The Quint's podcast section and on Apple, Spotify, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts or any other popular platform.

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