Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis met Amit Shah in Delhi
New Delhi:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday stated he had “good and optimistic” discussions with Union House Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J P Nadda on the difficulty of presidency formation within the state. Chatting with reporters right here earlier than leaving for Mumbai, Mr Shinde stated the choice on the subsequent chief minister of Maharashtra shall be taken “in a day or two” in one other assembly of the Mahayuti coalition within the state capital.
Mr Shinde, together with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, met Mr Shah and Mr Nadda late Thursday to thrash out a power-sharing pact for the subsequent authorities in Maharashtra after the BJP-led coalition registered a thumping majority within the Meeting elections.
“We are going to take a call (on Maharashtra CM) in a day or two. We now have held discussions, and the discussions will proceed. You’re going to get to know after we take a remaining choice,” the outgoing chief minister stated.
Mr Shinde stated that he wouldn’t be an impediment within the authorities formation within the state and abide by the choice taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Shah.
“This ‘ladka bhau’ (beloved brother) designation is larger than the rest for me,” he stated.
Mr Shinde stated the assembly with Mr Shah and Mr Nadda was “good and optimistic”.
“All of us mentioned the formation of presidency. There may be good coordination between the allies, we’re all very optimistic and we are going to honour the clear-cut mandate given to us by the individuals. We are going to type the federal government quickly,” he stated.
“The assembly was good and optimistic. This was the primary assembly. There shall be one other assembly of the Mahayuti in Mumbai,” Mr Shinde informed reporters early Friday.
The Shiv Sena chief stated the individuals of Maharashtra have re-elected them with a thumping majority and respecting the mandate is the topmost precedence, not “working after posts”.
Recovering from its Lok Sabha elections losses, the BJP bagged 132 Meeting seats, the best amongst all constituents of the Mahayuti alliance.
Mr Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP additionally carried out properly. Sena gained 57 whereas NCP bagged 41 seats.
The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a setback with the grand outdated celebration registering one in all its worst performances within the Meeting polls because it gained solely 16 seats. Sharad Pawar’s NCP(SP) gained simply 10 seats, whereas Uddhav Thackeray’s (UBT) gained 20 seats.
The Maharashtra Meeting elections had been held on November 20, and the outcomes had been declared on November 23.
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