Maharashtra Cabinet Formation, Shinde Sena, Ajit Pawar NCP, Devendra Fadnavis Portfolio Suspense

Maharashtra Cabinet Formation, Shinde Sena, Ajit Pawar NCP, Devendra Fadnavis Portfolio Suspense
Mumbai:

Last week Eknath Shinde took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra to convey the curtain down on practically two weeks of ‘will he, will not he’ suspense – would the sulking Shiv Sena chief surrender, amicably, the Chief Minister’s chair to the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis? The reply – sure.

This week the Sena boss might spark a complete new interval of rigidity for the BJP-led Mahayuti that romped to victory within the November 23 Maharashtra election.

Sources informed NDTV Wednesday night he will not be current in Delhi when Mr Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, whose NCP is the third Mahayuti member, meet Home Minister Amit Shah to debate portfolios.

The ‘who-gets-what-ministry’ battle – and the brand new Maharashtra authorities’s cupboard formation – Is anticipated to be the subsequent large problem for the BJP and Mr Fadnavis, significantly after it emerged earlier every of its two allies had demanded plum posts in change for his or her assist.

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Mr Shinde’s Sena faction, for instance, is believed to need the high-profile Home Ministry – to which the Maharashtra Police studies – held by Devendra Fadnavis within the final administration.

The argument right here is it’s the solely prize large enough to compensate for surrendering the Chief Minister’s chair. However, the BJP is unlikely to need to surrender Home; the argument there may be the occasion feels it has quite a lot of candidates who can run the division successfully.

The Sena could also be provided Urban Development, Public Works Department, and Revenue.

Mr Pawar’s NCP is claimed to need at the very least an equal share, even when it received fewer seats. The occasion has pointed to a greater ‘strike charge’ – i.e., proportion of seats contested and received – to again its declare.

Specifically, it desires the Finance portfolio – held beforehand by Mr Pawar – to be returned.

Unfortunately for the BJP there’s a headache inside a headache on this depend, because the Sena can also be believed to need the Finance ministry berth. And, sadly for Mr Shinde, that too is a want unlikely to come back to fruition, for Finance, Planning, and Irrigation could go to the NCP.

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An total framework for allocation of portfolios was reached final month; beneath this deal the BJP will get 22, the Sena round 12, and the NCP round 9.

Whatever the ultimate deal is, it should be in place by December 16, for that’s when the brand new Assembly meets for the primary time, which means a really quick clock is in place for this second chapter of the Mahayuti 2.0 authorities formation.