Eknath Shinde to take oath as Maharashtra chief minister today, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis will be deputy CM

In yet another twist in the Maharashtra political saga, BJP president JP Nadda has announced that Devendra Fadnavis will be the state’s deputy CM.

Home Minister Amit Shah also said that Fadnavis will be a part of the government.

भाजपा अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी के कहने पर श्री @Dev_Fadnavis जी ने बड़ा मन दिखाते हुए महाराष्ट्र राज्य और जनता के हित में सरकार में शामिल होने का निर्णय लिया है।

यह निर्णय महाराष्ट्र के प्रति उनकी सच्ची निष्ठा व सेवाभाव का परिचायक है। इसके लिए मैं उन्होंने हृदय से बधाई देता हूँ।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 30, 2022

This came after Devendra Fadnavis announced that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will take oath as Maharashtra chief minister today. Notably, Fadnavis had said that he would stay out of power. ’ After the swearing-in ceremony today, we will have a cabinet expansion and Shiv Sena and BJP leaders will take the oath. I will stay out of the government,’ Fadnavis who served as Maharashtra CM said.

After the swearing-in ceremony today, we will have a cabinet expansion and Shiv Sena and BJP leaders will take the oath. I will stay out of the government: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/o6OnBk5ROS

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

“Shiv Sena MLAs were demanding that the alliance with Congress and NCP should be ended but Uddhav Thackeray ignored these MLAs and gave priority to MVA alliance partners, that’s why these MLAs intensified their voices,” Fadnavis added. Fadnavis also slammed the Shiv Sena for entering into an alliance with the Congress and the NCP after the fallout with the BJP in 2019. “Shiv Sena chose to get into an alliance with those against whom Balasaheb protested throughout his life,” he said.

In 2019 BJP & Shiv Sena had an alliance & we got required numbers in Assembly elections. We hoped to form the govt but Shiv Sena chose to get into an alliance with those against whom Balasaheb protested throughout his life: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/yuMCMpJbqk

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

Committed to Balasaheb’s Hindutva: Shinde

“The decision that we have taken is committed to Balasaheb’s Hindutva & for the development work in the constituencies of our MLAs. We have 50 MLAs with us,” Shinde said.

हा वंदनीय हिंदूहृदयसम्राट बाळसाहेब ठाकरे यांच्या विचारांचा व धर्मवीर आनंद दिघे साहेबांच्या शिकवणीचा विजय…!

महाराष्ट्राच्या सर्वांगीण विकासासाठी कायम कटीबद्ध…#MaharashtraFirst

— Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) June 30, 2022

He also thanked PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah “for their generosity.”

BJP has 120 MLAs but despite that Devendra Fadnavis didn't take the post of CM. I express my gratitude to him along with PM Modi, Amit Shah & other BJP leaders that they showed generosity & made Balasaheb's Sainik (party-worker) the CM of the state: Eknath Shinde pic.twitter.com/OKUn19L33x

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

Shinde supporters celebrate

Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs who are staying at a Goa hotel were seen celebrating after it was announced that Shinde will become the CM.

#WATCH | Eknath Shinde-faction MLAs, staying at a hotel in Goa, celebrate following his name being announced as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/uJVNa4N74g

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

Shinde’s supporters have been celebrating outside the Vidhan Sabha in Mumbai.

#WATCH | Mumbai: Supporters of Maharashtra CM-designate #EknathShinde celebrate outside Vidhan Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/VzAWbB67dI

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

Earlier in the day, Fadnavis and Shinde met governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to stake claim to form a government shortly after Shinde arrived in Mumbai from Goa on Thursday.

The developments come just a day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Maharashtra CM following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow a floor test against his government.

Thackeray headed a coalition government called Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP.

With inputs from agencies

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