The shadow of 'Operation Lotus' which has allegedly been launched by the BJP seems to have grown larger after NCP (Sharad Pawar) MP Bajrang Sonawane met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday in Delhi, while seven Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
This is the third time Fadnavis was sworn-in as the Maharashtra chief minister.
Notably, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis is all set to be sworn-in as the 21st chief minister of Maharashtra, which will be witnessed by chief ministers of 19 states, including former chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who has also been invited to the historic ceremony.
Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar stated here on Monday that Devendra Fadnavis would be the Maharashtra chief minister.
With suspense continuing over the chief ministership of Maharashtra, caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son and Shiv Sena MP from Kalyan, Shrikant Shinde on Monday dismissed as ''baseless'' the speculation that he has agreed to be the deputy chief minister in the new Mahayuti government.
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.
BJP’s Central leadership, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is set to take the final decision on the choice of the next CM after the meeting, sources said
A decision on who will lead the state will be delayed until the coalition’s internal discussions on cabinet formation are completed.
"They want someone who will sell Maharashtra, which is why they will appoint a person as Chief Minister who will blindly sign documents benefiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favourite industrialists friends," he said.
Raut alleged that Shinde and Ajit Pawar lack the autonomy to make decisions for their own parties, asserting that the Mahayuti alliance’s leadership will ultimately be determined by PM Modi and Amit Shah.
