Maharashtra Politics- Shinde Will Sworn-in As New CM At 7.30PM Today
Mumbai, June 30: Maharastra Twist. In a unexpected political twist, Shiv Sena’s rebel group leader Eknath Shinde was on Thursday announced as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, heading a government supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made the stunning announcement after calling on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari along with Shinde this afternoon.
“We have submitted a list of entire BJP MLAs, the Group led by Shindeji, 16 independents and others, with more joining us, to the Governor,” he said.
Shinde will be sworn-in alone as the CM at 7.30 p.m. and later on, the cabinet will be expanded to accommodate MLAs from both sides.
Shinde, on his part, said he would work for the progress and development of the state which had “practically halted” since the past 30 months of the previous government and reiterated that he would follow the ideals of Bahasaheb Thackeray’s Hindutva.
He also thanked the BJP and Fadnavis for their large-heartedness in supporting his prospective government.
Fadnavis said: “I will remain out of the government, but I shall do everything possible to make the new government a success on all fronts, and resume the developmental activities that had stopped in the past two and half years.”
Earlier, in the past 9 days, the rebel camp had repeatedly asserted that while Fadnavis would return as Chief Minister, Shinde would be the Deputy Chief Minister, but the latest developments put to rest all the claims.
#ShivSena (@ShivSena) rebel leader #EknathShinde (@mieknathshinde) will be the new #Maharashtra Chief Minister, BJP leader #DevendraFadnavis announced.
Photo: @Dev_Fadnavis (File) pic.twitter.com/TBUqfxhCW2
— IANS (@ians_india) June 30, 2022
Hours after the 31-month-long, 3-party Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed after a 9-day political drama, hectic activity got underway on Thursday to form a new regime to be led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the breakaway Shiv Sena faction.
The BJP top brass, along with Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, accorded a warm welcome to the rebels’ leader Eknath Shinde who arrived here after a sojourn across Gujarat, Assam, and later Goa, to hammer out the nitty-gritties of staking claim with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Earlier on Tuesday, a scheduled floor test in the state Assembly was announced. The state BJP unit has asked all its MLAs to gather in Mumbai.
Devendra Fadnavis to be Sworn in as CM Today, Say Sources:
यह तो झांकी है….
मुंबई महापालिका अभी बाकी है…!@Dev_Fadnavis @Devendra_Office @OfficeofUT pic.twitter.com/8BsMSBqR2W
— BJP Mumbai (@BJP4Mumbai) June 29, 2022
