Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed confidence that he will prove most in the state Assembly and claimed that he has the support of MLAs.
BJP leader Ashish Shelar said Fadnavis will offer a stable and strong government.”With Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar having taken oath, there is a sense of happiness and positivity among people,” he said.
Shelar said governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has given time till November 30 to the new government to prove its most on the floor of the House.
The BJP has made a plan in which 4 of their major leaders will play a key role in achieving 145 mark in the Maharashtra Assembly. These leaders will be — Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Ganesh Naik, Narayan Rane and Babanrao Lonikar.
The reason for choosing these four leaders is that Vikhe Patil and Rane are former members of the Congress party and would be familiar with some of the MLAs from the INC while Babanrao and Ganesh Naik are former members of the NCP and could be helpful there.
Meanwhile Amit Shah has appointed Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal to sort out the political mess. These leaders will join Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil in handling the turbulence.
Vinay Kore, an independent MLA supporting BJP, after meeting with Ajit Pawar made an interesting comment. He said: “We can see that two factions have formed in NCP. We will get to know during the floor test who has the bigger faction, how many people are with Ajit Pawar, how many are with Sharad Pawar, and whether those two are in this together.”
But Uddhav seems to have no doubts about Sharad Pawar. He told a gathering of Sena MLAs at hotel Lalit: ‘‘The RSS is still trying to contact us, but it is too late now. “We need not worry as Sharad Pawar is standing firmly with us. All three of us are fighting this together.”
NCP leader Dhananjay Munde, who was also with Ajit during his oath-taking ceremony, has said he is with the uncle and would stay with the party. In a tweet, Munde said, “I am with party, I am with Pawar saheb. Please don’t spread rumours.”
