Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday congratulated Maharashtra Chief Minister designate Devendra Fadnavis on his election as the BJP Legislative Party leader and extended his best wishes at Varsha Bungalow in Mumbai.
"Eknath Shinde in his capacity as President of Shiv Sena and head of Shiv Sena's Legislature Party, has given a letter recommending my name for the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Along with this, Nationalist Congress Party President and Legislature Party leader Ajit Dada Pawar has
Fadnavis is scheduled to take oath as the Chief Minister on December 5 after being unanimously chosen as Leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party earlier in the day.
"Mahayuti received unprecedented and unparalleled mandate, seats of Shiv Sena and NCP also increased under the leadership of Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar. BJP's striking rate is historical...today unanimously we chose Devendra Fadnavis as the Leader of Maharashtra and soon we will stake clai
Names of other cabinet ministers will be finalised soon after discussions with partners in the Mahayuti alliance- the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar), said the Union Minister.
The Mahayuti alliance, led by the BJP, secured a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections held on November 23. However, the alliance has yet to finalize its Chief Ministerial candidate.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) or Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he has time to watch a film, but his government flees when asked to talk about "Adani file" or the Adani indictment issue.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take stronger action against the rising violence targeting Hindus in Bangladesh.