“The people of Nagpur have always given me love and elected me five times. Today I have come to Nagpur for the first time after becoming Deputy Chief Minister.”
Maharashtra: Maharashtra’s new Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday held a roadshow in Nagpur after he received a warm welcome upon his arrival in the city.
Mr. Fadnavis arrived at the Nagpur airport to visit his home after his recent victory in the government formation in the state, from where he took out a road show from the airport.
“The people of Nagpur have always given me love and elected me five times. Today I have come to Nagpur for the first time after becoming Deputy Chief Minister. I express my gratitude to the people who have come to show their love for me,” the BJP leader.
Mr. Fadnavis’ visit came a day after the Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance won the floor test in the state Assembly.
The new Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra won the floor test on Monday by a 164-99 margin, proving his government’s majority and sealing his position as the 20th chief minister of the state.
164 votes were polled in favor of the CM, while 99 votes were polled against the newly formed BJP-Shinde camp coalition.
Shiv Sena MLA from Shetkari Kamgar Paksh of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena Shyamsundar Shinde also voted in favor of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in the floor test. He did not join team Shinde but voted in their favor.
The floor test comes a day after BJP’s Rahul Narwekar was elected as the Assembly Speaker.
On Sunday Narwekar reinstated Mr. Shinde as the Shiv Sena’s legislative party leader and also recognized the appointment of Mr. Gogawale as the chief whip of the Shiv Sena.
Narwekar appointed Ajit Pawar as the leader of the Opposition.
NCP has emerged as the single largest opposition party in the 288-member House.
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