Shiv Sena has been assured of five cabinet rank posts and seven ministers of state in the Fadnavis government in Maharashtra
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Thursday finally decided to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra. On Friday, 12 members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from Shiv Sena would join the 34-day-old Devendra Fadnavis government.
Addressing a crowded press conference, accompanied by Shiv Sena leaders, Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis told reporters that both the parties have been ideological partners for the last 25 years. "Unfortunately, they could not form an electoral alliance during the recent assembly elections but the people of Maharashtra voted in their favour. Today it is people’s wish that both parties come together in the State," he added.
According to Fadnavis by Thursday evening Shiv Sena high command will draw up a list of 12 MLAs who would be sworn in as ministers on Friday. Similar number of MLAs from BJP would also be made ministers in the State. Final modalities of portfolio distribution are being worked out, he said.
Shiv Sena has been assured of five cabinet rank posts and seven ministers of state. The new additions will increase the Fadnavis government strength to 29.
Senior Sena leader Subhash Desai said that since the electoral mandate is against the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), his party has decided to join the Fadnavis government.
Fadnavis added that the alliance between the two parties will be a broad alliance and it will jointly fight even local elections in the State. Soon, a joint committee would be set up for fighting the elections, he said.
At present, there are eight cabinet and two ministers of state in the Fadnavis ministry sworn in on 31st October.
Shiv Sena has 63 legislators in the state assembly while the BJP has 121 members supported by one member of the Rashtriya Samaj Party.
With Shiv Sena joining the government, Eknath Shinde, who had assumed the post of leader of opposition on 12th November, when Fadnavis had won the confidence motion by trust vote, would step down.
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