Mumbai The news is that Eknath Shinde has agreed. It is reported quoting sources that Eknath Shinde will become Deputy CM in Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra. Besides, he will also get an important department like urban development. According to India TV, during his meeting with BJP leader Girish Mahajan on Monday, Eknath Shinde accepted the offer of the post of Deputy CM and the Urban Development Department. However, Girish Mahajan, after meeting Eknath Shinde, said that he had come to inquire about the well being of the Shiv Sena chief. Earlier there was news about Eknath Shinde that he was ill and the doctor had asked him to take rest.
Eknath Shinde had earlier said that he will accept every decision of PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Shinde had also said that there is no obstacle in the way of forming a grand coalition government. Let us tell you that BJP Maharashtra President Chandrashekhar Bawankule has already said that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will be held on December 5 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Earlier there were reports that Eknath Shinde was angry at not being made the CM. There was also news that Shiv Sena has asked for 9 important departments including Home and Urban Development from BJP. However, neither BJP nor Eknath Shinde made any comment regarding this. In between he had gone to his village in Satara district. From where he has returned to Thane.
Mahayuti has performed tremendously in the assembly elections in Maharashtra. BJP, which was part of the Grand Alliance, won 132 seats. At the same time, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena won 57 seats and Ajit Pawar’s NCP won 41 seats. At the same time, in Mahavikas Aghadi, Uddhav Thackeray’s party got the maximum 20 seats and Sharad Pawar’s party got the least 10 seats. The situation is such that Mahavikas Aghadi did not get enough seats that any of its constituent parties could even get the position of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly.
