Maha Deputy CM Shinde Welcomes Thackeray’s ‘Return To Hindutva’
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has welcomed his former leader Uddhav Thackeray's "radical change" in the form of his supposed 'return to Hindutva', on Wednesday.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has welcomed his former leader Uddhav Thackeray's "radical change" in the form of his supposed 'return to Hindutva', on Wednesday.
Fadnavis had taken oath as the Maharashtra chief minister, along with Shinde and NCP chief Ajit Pawar as deputy chief ministers on December 5.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has demanded the crucial home ministry from the BJP and talks on portfolio allocation are still in progress, Shinde's aide and Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogavale said in Mumbai on Saturday.
Victorious Mahayuti allies, the BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), are now engaged in hectic and intense negotiations over the distribution of ministerial portfolios for the cabinet expansion expected sometime next week.
This is the third time Fadnavis was sworn-in as the Maharashtra chief minister.
Amid the continuing suspense over the formation of a new government in Maharashtra, BJP central observer for the state Vijay Rupani on Tuesday indicated that the next chief minister will be from the saffron party.
Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar stated here on Monday that Devendra Fadnavis would be the Maharashtra chief minister.
Even after the BJP-backed Mahayuti's top leaders from Maharashtra namely Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, returned after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday evening in Delhi
Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has dubbed the meeting of Mahayuti leaders with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as "good and positive", adding that there will be another meeting of Mahayuti in Mumbai, which is expected to decide who will be the chief minister of the state.
After meeting with Union Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda, Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde described the meeting as "good and positive."
