Few outside Maharashtra had heard of Devendra Fadnavis when PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah handpicked him five-years-ago for the post of CM. The 49-year-old, a compromise candidate in a power tussle that had vexed the BJP, became one of the youngest CM of Maharashtra. Speaking at an-election-rally, Amit Shah, the Union -Home-Minister, said he had "never seen anyone work" like Mr Fadnavis.

Osmanabad Zilla Parishad school on Monday postponed its first-term examination paper for Chemistry to Friday apparently due to a public meeting organised by the district unit of Shiv Sena for party chief Uddhav Thackeray. Sources said that the compound wall of the school was broken down for Mr Thackeray's rally, which was held on the ZP Girls High School ground.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government at the Centre at a rally in Maharashtra's Latur ahead of the assembly election. At the rally, Rahul Gandhi brought up the moon mission to attack the government, saying that it tried to distract the attention of the people from the core issues.