Following MahaYuti's dismal performance in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that he would like to be removed from his ministerial responsibilities. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde responded by saying he would speak with Fadnavis on Wednesday.
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Following MahaYuti's dismal performance in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that he would like to be removed from his ministerial responsibilities. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde responded by saying he would speak with Fadnavis on Wednesday.
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"Election defeat is a collective responsibility. Reasons for defeat will be discussed and fixed. All the three parties worked together in the elections. If we look at the percentage of votes, MahaYuti got more than two lakh votes in Mumbai,'' Eknath Shinde said. "Although the seats have decreased in this election, the votes have increased. Even if DCM has expressed his feelings, I will talk to him. We are not people who get tired of failure," he added.
Thus, Shinde has vehemently objected to Fadnavis' decision to remove him from the state cabinet. Shinde is currently in Delhi for the NDA conference. In order to devote his entire attention to getting ready for the state Assembly elections that are scheduled for September and October of this year, Fadnavis declared that he will ask the party's leadership to remove him from the administration.
Following the BJP's miserable showing in Maharashtra, where it only managed to get nine seats out of the 23 it had won in the 2019 elections, Fadnavis made his pronouncement. In addition, the BJP-led MahaYuti lost their Mission 45 plus goal after winning 17 seats compared to the Maha Vikas Aghadi's 30.
"The narrative that the Constitution will be changed is a temporary narrative set by the opposition which was chanting 'Modi hatao' (Remove Modi). Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an agenda for development. In the last two years, the MahaYuti government has made many good decisions in the state. We are moving ahead with the development agenda, "Eknath Shinde said. "Trying to get votes by misleading the public is a temporary success. Due to the propaganda of the opposition, we fell short in reducing the confusion in the minds of the public," he added.
(With Inputs from IANS)
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