Eknath Shinde suddenly went to his ancestral village Satara on November 29.
It has been 8 days since the results in Maharashtra but the official announcement of the Chief Minister's face is yet to be made. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on December 5 at 5 pm in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
There is a problem with the distribution of ministries in the Mahayuti government. Returning from a meeting in Delhi, Eknath Shinde canceled all programs and suddenly left for his ancestral village Satara on November 29. A day later his health deteriorated. Now he is in good health. They will return to Thane by helicopter at 2 pm. BJP MLA meeting will be held on 3rd December. Two observers from Delhi will come to Mumbai and officially announce the CM's face after discussions with MLAs. At the same time, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said on Saturday – it has been decided that the CM will be from BJP and one deputy CM each from Shiv Sena and NCP.
On the other hand, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said – BJP made Eknath Shinde the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Throw them out after using them. Shinde is facing charges of treason. There is no credibility in BJP's politics.
What happened till now after the result, know 6 points…
23 November: Maharashtra assembly results are out. Mahayuti won 230 seats. BJP won 132 seats, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) 57 and NCP (Ajit Pawar) 41 seats. Shinde said- the three parties will decide the CM together. Fadnavis said, Ek hai to saif hai.
25 November: The formula of 1 Chief Minister and 2 Deputy Chief Ministers was decided. A formula of one ministerial post for every 6-7 MLAs has emerged in Mahayutti parties. According to this, 22-24 MLAs of BJP, 10-12 of Shinde group and 8-10 of Ajit group can become ministers.
November 27: Acting CM Eknath Shinde held a press conference in Thane. He said that we accept the Chief Minister of BJP. I have no desire for a position. When I was the Chief Minister, Modiji stood with me. Now whatever decision they take will be accepted.
November 28: Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda in Delhi for about two and a half hours. Shinde met Shah alone for half an hour. The high command has offered Shinde the post of Deputy CM or Minister at the Centre.
29 November: Mahayuti meeting was adjourned. Eknath Shinde suddenly went to Satara. Shiv Sena is demanding home and finance ministries in exchange for the chief minister's post. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat said – if Shinde does not accept the post of Deputy CM, another face of the party will take over this post.
30 November: The date of the swearing-in ceremony has been announced. Ajit Pawar made it clear that CM will be from BJP and Deputy CM from Shiv Sena-NCP.
Hanging talk on the Ministry of Home and Finance
In the Shinde government, the Home Ministry was held by Devendra Fadnavis and the Finance Ministry was held by Ajit Pawar.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis took over the Home Ministry in the Shinde government. He does not want to leave this ministry. The Shinde group argues that if we are getting the post of Deputy CM, he should also get the Home Ministry. A meeting with Shah also failed to find a solution.
Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs was held by Devendra Fadnavis. It is believed that due to this dispute, no solution could be reached on the cabinet formation in Shah's meeting. Informers also believe that BJP will never leave the post of Home Minister.
According to sources, even after the discussion with Shah, there is tension in the coalition regarding the departments. BJP wants to keep home, revenue, higher education, law, energy, rural development. He has offered health, urban development, public works, industry to Shiv Sena. While NCP has offered portfolios like finance, planning, cooperation, agriculture to Ajit group.
Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, NCP MPs Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday.
what will be Maharashtra Cabinet Formula ? Along with the Chief Minister, 43 ministers and two Deputy CMs will be included in the new government. Out of which BJP is likely to get 20-23 ministerial posts, Shinde group 11 and Ajit group 9 ministerial posts. Earlier, the Shinde government had 28 ministers and Shinde had the highest 11 ministers, BJP had 9 and Ajit Pawar group had 8 ministers. At this time, due to the increase in the number of BJP MLAs, the number of ministers will also increase.
Apart from this, BJP has offered him a ministerial position at the Center to calm down the angry Eknath Shinde. His son Srikanth or any senior party leader may find a place in the Modi cabinet. Apart from this, there is also talk that one seat of Ajit group is vacant in the Modi cabinet. Prafull Patel can become a minister.
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