News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee / 29th November 2024
Maharashtra caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde characterized the meeting with BJP President JP Nadda and Union Minister Amit Shah as “good and positive.” In order to determine who will take over as Chief Minister, he stated, another meeting would be conducted.
“The meeting was good and positive. This was the first meeting. We had a discussion with Amit Shah and JP Nadda…There will be another meeting of the Mahayuti. In this meeting, a decision will be taken about who will be the Chief Minister. The meeting will be held in Mumbai,” he said.
Eknath Shinde, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, NCP chief Ajit Pawar and other Mahayuti leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda in Delhi on Thursday
Shinde, Fadnavis, and Pawar departed the national capital late at night following the meeting. The politicians convened to discuss the creation of Maharashtra’s new government. Shinde had already reaffirmed that the Chief Minister’s position was unhindered and that the moniker “Ladla Bhai” meant more to him than anything else.
“I cleared my role in the press conference yesterday that there are no obstacles regarding the Chief Minister of Mahayuti. This ‘ladla bhai’ has arrived in Delhi and the ‘ladla bhai’ is a designation higher than anything else for me,” Shinde told the meeting
Fadnavis also asserted that the Mahayuti alliance had no internal differences and that a decision on the Chief Minister would be made soon after consulting the leaders.
Speaking to the media, Fadnavis said, “In our Mahayuti alliance, there has never been a difference of opinion. We have always made decisions collectively. Before the elections, we announced that the decision regarding the Chief Minister’s post would be taken collectively after the results. A few people had doubts, but Eknath Shinde ji has clarified those today. We will soon meet our leaders and finalise the decision.”
Although the results of the Maharashtra Assembly election were announced on November 23, the dominant Mahayuti alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, has not yet decided on a chief minister. In the 280-member Maharashtra Assembly, the BJP gained 132 seats, making it the largest party. Its partners, the NCP under Ajit Pawar and the Shiv Sena under Eknath Shinde, won 41 and 57 seats, respectively.
