Eknath Shinde to take oath as Maharashtra chief minister today, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis will be deputy CM.
‘Shiv Sena MLAs were demanding that the alliance with Congress and NCP should be ended but Uddhav Thackeray ignored them and gave priority to MVA alliance partners, that’s why these MLAs intensified their voices,’ Fadnavis said
This came after Devendra Fadnavis announced that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will take oath as Maharashtra chief minister today. Notably, Fadnavis had said that he would stay out of power. ‘ After the swearing-in ceremony today, we will have a cabinet expansion and Shiv Sena and BJP leaders will take the oath. I will stay out of the government,’ Fadnavis who served as Maharashtra CM said.
“Shiv Sena MLAs were demanding that the alliance with Congress and NCP should be ended but Uddhav Thackeray ignored these MLAs and gave priority to MVA alliance partners, that’s why these MLAs intensified their voices,” Fadnavis added. Fadnavis also slammed the Shiv Sena for entering into an alliance with the Congress and the NCP after the fallout with the BJP in 2019. “Shiv Sena chose to get into an alliance with those against whom Balasaheb protested throughout his life,” he said.
“The decision that we have taken is committed to Balasaheb’s Hindutva & for the development work in the constituencies of our MLAs. We have 50 MLAs with us,” Shinde said.