Three years after he teamed up with Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar in an in a single day coup to shape the authorities in Maharashtra, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday stated the exercising had NCP leader Sharad Pawar`s backing. “We had a proposal from the NCP that they wished a strong authorities and we ought to shape this type of authorities together. We determined to move beforehand and keep talks. The talks came about with Sharad Pawar. Then matters changed. You have visible how matters changed,” Mr Fadnavis stated, regarding Ajit Pawar quitting the authorities eighty hours later.
“In all equity I need to country that Ajit Pawar took oath with me with honesty… however afterward their (NCP’s) approach changed,” Mr Fadnavis stated, all through an occasion organised with the aid of using TV9 information channel.
Responding to Mr Fadnavis’ remarks, Sharad Pawar stated, “I felt that Devendra is a elegant individual and a gentleman. I in no way felt that he’s going to take recourse to falsehood and make this type of statement.” The BJP had received one hundred and five seats withinside the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the outcomes of which have been introduced on October 24, 2019. The Shiv Sena, which changed into in an alliance with the BJP, received fifty six seats. Despite having sufficient seats to shape a central authority together, the 2 allies bickered over power-sharing – who gets the leader minister’s put up being the bone of contention – ensuing withinside the Shiv Sena beginning negotiations with the ideologically distinctive Congress and NCP instead.
With no final results in sight then, the Centre imposed President’s Rule in Maharashtra on November 12. The Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP endured negotiations to shape an alliance, and Sharad Pawar later introduced that Uddhav Thackeray have been unanimously selected to move the brand new authorities. Thus, the early morning oath-taking rite of Mr Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on November 23 got here as a surprise.
In one in all the most important political surprises in Maharashtra, then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari swore in Devendra Fadnavis because the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister. The ministry lasted 3 days, and then Uddhav Thackeray changed into sworn in because the leader minister.
