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Shinde and Fadnavis, who arrived in the national capital on Friday night, met President Ram Nath Kovind, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he said a decision regarding the expansion of Maharashtra Council of Ministers would be taken in Mumbai next week.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday exuded confidence of completing his term and even winning the next election in alliance with the BJP. Addressing a press conference here along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, he said a decision regarding the expansion of the Maharashtra Council of Ministers would be taken in Mumbai next week.
Shinde and Fadnavis, who arrived in the national capital on Friday night, met President Ram Nath Kovind, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday. Earlier, the Maharashtra Chief Minister and his deputy had a lengthy discussion with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during which the broad contours of the power-sharing arrangement were finalised.
Shinde rejected his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray’s call for mid-term polls, saying the state government was strong and enjoyed the support of 164 MLAs in the House of 288, while the opposition had just 99. At the press conference, when Fadnavis was asked about the BJP cadre being unhappy with his “demotion” to the deputy chief minister’s post, he said that on the contrary, party workers were happy that “injustice” was done to him in 2019. has been rectified.
He said BJP workers are happy as the natural allies BJP and Shiv Sena have formed the government by scrapping the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. “It is very clear. The chief minister is the leader. We will work towards making this government a success,” Fadnavis said.
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