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Devendra Fadnavis to be Deputy CM in Maharashtra
Devendra Fadnavis to be Deputy CM in Maharashtra (Photo/IANS)
In another dramatic turn of events in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is set to become Deputy Chief Minister in the government headed by Shiv Sena faction leader Eknath Shinde, which is set to be sworn it shortly on Thursday.
New Delhi: In another dramatic turn of events in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is set to become Deputy Chief Minister in the government headed by Shiv Sena faction leader Eknath Shinde, which is set to be sworn it shortly on Thursday.
BJP President J.P. Nadda said that he has requested that Fadnavis be part of the new government.
In a series of tweets, Nadda said that his BJP had shown it did not hanker for power and the Chief Ministership in 2019 but it was Uddhav Thackeray who became the Chief Minister due to his "greed for the post" and formed a government with opposition parties, "despite mandate being in favour of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modiji and Fadnavis".
He said that the BJP, showing its generosity and in the interests of the people of Maharashtra, has decided to make Shinde the Chief Minister and Fadnavis had also decided to join the government for the sake of service to the people of the state.
Home Minister Amit Shah also, in a tweet, announced that Fadnavis had accepted Nadda's request to join the government "in the interests of the state and its people".
Earlier, announcing that Shinde would be the next Chief Minister, Fadnavis had 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 a half years."
