Maharashtra cupboard enlargement buzz: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis met Residence Minister Amit Shah on Friday, amid the excitement over the enlargement of the council of ministers after the formation of the brand new authorities earlier this week.
Shinde and Fadnavis, who arrived right here late Friday night, are additionally scheduled to satisfy President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BJP President J P Nadda through the go to.
Quickly after reaching the nationwide capital, the 2 leaders drove to Maharashtra Sadan. Fadnavis is learnt to have reached Shah’s residence first and was later joined by Shinde. The discussions with Shah are learnt to have been centred across the power-sharing components between the BJP and the Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena.
Their go to to the nationwide capital comes forward of an important listening to within the Supreme Court docket on July 11 on a petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in search of disqualification of Shinde and 15 MLAs of his faction.
“We think about the judiciary,” Shinde advised reporters within the nationwide capital, asserting the group led by him had the help of two-thirds of the Shiv Sena MLAs. The Shiv Sena had 55 MLAs earlier than the break up triggered by Shinde’s revolt.
“The Speaker has additionally granted us recognition,” he stated. Shinde was sworn in as chief minister on June 30 with the help of the BJP after he rebelled towards the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, strolling out of the Shiv Sena with a big chunk of MLAs resulting in the autumn of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi authorities. Shinde gained the belief vote within the Maharashtra meeting on July 4.
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