Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis met Amit Shah in Delhi
New Delhi:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday stated he had “good and optimistic” discussions with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J P Nadda on the difficulty of presidency formation within the state. Speaking to reporters right here earlier than leaving for Mumbai, Mr Shinde stated the choice on the subsequent chief minister of Maharashtra shall be taken “in a day or two” in one other assembly of the Mahayuti coalition within the state capital.
Mr Shinde, together with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, met Mr Shah and Mr Nadda late Thursday to thrash out a power-sharing pact for the subsequent authorities in Maharashtra after the BJP-led coalition registered a thumping majority within the Assembly elections.
“We will take a call (on Maharashtra CM) in a day or two. We have held discussions, and the discussions will proceed. You will get to know after we take a last choice,” the outgoing chief minister stated.
Mr Shinde stated that he wouldn’t be an impediment within the authorities formation within the state and abide by the choice taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Shah.
“This ‘ladka bhau’ (beloved brother) designation is greater than the rest for me,” he stated.
Mr Shinde stated the assembly with Mr Shah and Mr Nadda was “good and optimistic”.
“We all mentioned the formation of presidency. There is sweet coordination between the allies, we’re all very optimistic and we’ll honour the clear-cut mandate given to us by the folks. We will type the federal government quickly,” he stated.
“The assembly was good and optimistic. This was the primary assembly. There shall be one other assembly of the Mahayuti in Mumbai,” Mr Shinde instructed reporters early Friday.
The Shiv Sena chief stated the folks of Maharashtra have re-elected them with a thumping majority and respecting the mandate is the topmost precedence, not “operating after posts”.
Recovering from its Lok Sabha elections losses, the BJP bagged 132 Assembly seats, the best amongst all constituents of the Mahayuti alliance.
Mr Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP additionally carried out nicely. Sena received 57 whereas NCP bagged 41 seats.
The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a setback with the grand outdated social gathering registering one among its worst performances within the Assembly polls because it received solely 16 seats. Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP) received simply 10 seats, whereas Uddhav Thackeray’s (UBT) received 20 seats.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections have been held on November 20, and the outcomes have been declared on November 23.
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