However, ministers from both NCP and Congress were part of the cabinet meeting, and according to an NCP leader who did not wish to be named, the name change proposal. Aurangabad Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad were passed silently as Dharashiv without any debate or discussion. Ashok Chavan, one of the Congress ministers, said after the meeting that the move to change the name was “a cabinet decision, and the truth is that Sambhaji Maharaj was assassinated by Aurangzeb.”
Pawar’s statement raised eyebrows almost two weeks after the decision was taken. Differences in name change can cause a rift between MVA components.
Pawar told media persons, “I came to know about the decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad only when the cabinet took the decision. I think since it has been a three-party government, there has been a debate on this proposal among the constituents of the MVA.” Should have been discussed.” ,
Thackeray’s move to bring the resolution was widely seen as a last-ditch effort to bring back the rebel MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
According to an NCP leader present in the cabinet meeting, the proposal was brought in at the end, so there was no scope to ask the CM to bring it before the next cabinet meeting as it was going to be the last meeting of the cabinet. Thackeray-led government. The NCP leader said, “We think it was Uddhav Thackeray’s attempt to gain political mileage as he knew it was the last day of his government. If Thackeray was so serious and willing, he would have been proposed before the cabinet long ago.” Should have brought it.”
A former Congress minister said it is the responsibility of the party members present in the cabinet meeting to oppose the proposal on the ground that it is not part of the Common Minimum Programme. “The Congress high command had directed the cabinet members to stay away from the cabinet meeting when it was clear that the proposal would be taken up, but the instructions were not taken seriously,” the former minister said.