Eknath Shinde Heads Home, Sena Says He’s Not Upset: 10 Points

Eknath Shinde Heads Home, Sena Says He’s Not Upset: 10 Points

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance received 230 seats within the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.

New Delhi:
The Big 3 of Maharashtra’s BJP-led alliance or Mahayuti, Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, met with Amit Shah final night in Delhi. While Mr Fadnavis is sort of sure to be Chief Minister, there are main sticking factors.

Here are key developments:

  1. A gathering of the alliance in Mumbai to iron out particulars has reportedly been cancelled. So has the assembly of outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena.

  2. Sources say Eknath Shinde is heading to his village in Satara and the conferences can be held after his return. His sudden plan sparked hypothesis that he was sad in regards to the authorities formation talks.

  3. However, Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena chief Uday Samant insisted, “Eknath Shinde isn’t upset”. “He needed to go to his village and he can be again tomorrow,” he stated.

  4. Eknath Shinde’s announcement leaving the Chief Minister determination to the BJP cleared the way in which for a clean change on the high. Devendra Fadnavis, who led the BJP to a report victory, is ready to be chief minister for the third time, sources say.

  5. The sources have instructed NDTV that the present formulation of 1 chief minister with two deputies will probably proceed. But Mr Shinde is reportedly not eager on a deputy position. Sanjay Shirsat, an MLA and spokesperson of the Shiv Sena, instructed PTI: “He is unlikely to be a deputy chief minister. It doesn’t befit an individual who has already served as chief minister.”

  6. Mr Samant, in the meantime, stated that Shiv Sena desires him to be part of the Maharashtra authorities. “If Eknath Shinde desires another person to be the deputy chief minister, then it’s his the Aristocracy however we (Shiv Sena) suppose that he ought to be part of the Maharashtra authorities,” he stated.

  7. The BJP is prone to maintain the Home portfolio and Ajit Pawar’s NCP could retain Finance. Eknath Shinde’s Sena will probably get the city improvement and public works departments.

  8. While the BJP is prone to get 22 Cabinet berths, the Shiv Sena and NCP will get 12 and 9 portfolios respectively, sources stated. 

  9. The oath ceremony will probably be on December 2, the sources added.

  10. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance scripted a landslide victory within the current state meeting elections by profitable 230 seats within the 288-member House. The BJP bagged 132 Assembly seats, whereas Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP received 57 and 41 seats respectively.