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.
Soon after joining Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), Deora slammed the Congress for having the only goal of attacking the PM.
Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar has ruled that Eknath Shinde faction is the real Shiv Sena.
His son Aditya Thackeray said the verdict has "officially killed democracy and the principals of the constitution."
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi suggested the decision was taken as per the wishes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
In a major blow to the Uddhav Thackeray faction in Sena versus Sena case, Maharashtra speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday…