More than a week after the BJP-led NDA, popularly known as Mahayuti, won a resounding victory in state elections, the new Maharashtra government has not yet been sworn in.Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to take the oath of office as Maharashtra chief minister on December 5. According to party insiders, his name has been finalized for the position, which also included outgoing and Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
More than a week after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), also known as the Mahayuti in Maharashtra, won a landslide victory in state polls, Fadnavis is expected to be elected as the legislature party leader in a meeting scheduled for December 2 or 3. The new government has not yet been sworn in.
Of the 288 assembly seats, 230 were won by the Mahayuti. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), led by Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats, the Shiv Sena received 57, and the BJP took the lead with 132 seats.
PM Modi will be present at the Mahayuti government's oath-taking ceremony, which is set for December 5 evening at Mumbai's Azad Maidan.
Key points of the Maharashtra government's creation
- BJP leader says Fadnavis would be the next chief minister: According to a senior BJP leader quoted by news agency PTI on Sunday night, Devendra Fadnavis has been confirmed as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. He will be chosen as the party leader in the legislature in a meeting scheduled for either December 2 or 3. Eknath Shinde, the departing chief minister, declared earlier in the day that he would back the BJP's choice of the next chief minister.
-
Shinde comes back from the village: Amid rumors that he was dissatisfied with the way the new government was developing, Shiv Sena leader and caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde departed for his hometown village in Satara district on Friday. In his village, he got a high fever. "I have already stated that the decision on the CM's post made by the BJP leadership will be acceptable to me and Shiv Sena and will have my full backing," Shinde told reporters in his village on Sunday before departing for Mumbai. "Talks were on" was Shinde's response to rumors that he would be appointed deputy chief minister in the incoming administration and if Shiv Sena had made a bid for the home portfolio.
- Ajit Pawar's NCP is annoyed at the Sena leader: Raosaheb Danve, a former Union minister and BJP leader, claimed that the united Sena and BJP would have won more seats if they had run together in the elections. Gulabrao Patil, a Shiv Sena MLA, reiterated this, asserting that if Ajit Pawar's NCP had not joined the alliance, the Eknath Shinde-led party would have won 90–100 seats in the polls. We ran for 85 seats. We might have gained 90–100 seats if it weren't for Ajitdada. Gulabrao Patil, a minister in the departing government, informed a news channel that Shinde never inquired as to why the NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, was brought into power. NCP spokesperson Amol Mitkari retaliated by urging Patil to control his "loose tongue."
- Results of the Maharashtra election: The BJP won 132 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, making it the largest party. Its allies, the NCP under Ajit Pawar and the Shiv Sena under Eknath Shinde, won 41 and 57 seats, respectively. On November 20, voters cast ballots in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, and on November 23, the votes were counted.
0 Comments