India Court Seeks Documents on Maharashtra Government Formation
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate with posters of Narendra Modi and Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Nov. 23.
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India’s Supreme Court asked for documents to show how an alliance in a western state was formed to create a government, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party unexpectedly tied up with a rival to take control of Maharashtra.
A panel of judges led by N.V. Ramana demanded that the federal government submit the papers by Monday morning, when hearing pleas for a vote on the floor of the state assembly would resume. The court said it would make a decision after studying the documents.