Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of ShivSena, NCP, and Congress elected Thackeray as the leader of the tri-party alliance
Mumbai: After the four-day-old BJP government in Maharashtra collapsed, the question remains whether the ShivSena-NCP-Congress coalition will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah to the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray who is set to be the CM.
When questioned asked if the Prime Minister will be invited to the swearing-in ceremony, ShivSena leader Sanjay Raut said: “Yes, our party will invite everyone. We will even invite Amit Shah Ji.”
On Tuesday a delegation of NCP, Congress and ShivSena leaders met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, following which it was announced that Uddhav Thackeray will take the oath of office and secrecy on November 28.
Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of ShivSena, NCP, and Congress elected Thackeray as the leader of the tri-party alliance. Uddhav Thackeray currently not a member of any House in the state legislature and when sworn in on Thursday, he will be the first ShivSena leader and the first from the Thackeray family to become chief minister.
Earlier on Tuesday, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis quit as the CM of Maharashtra following the resignation of NCP’s Ajit Pawar as Deputy CM. Fadnavis said that the BJP could not prove the majority without the support of Pawar and NCP MLAs.
The BJP government in Maharashtra fell apart hours after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test to be held on November 27 after the three-party alliance moved the top court against the Governor’s decision to swear in Fadnavis as CM in a hushed manner on Saturday early morning.
A tussle between ShivSena and then ally BJP after the results of the Assembly elections came out on October 24, Amit Shah had ruled out Sena’s demand for the CM’s post. This was the reason behind the BJP-Sena alliance broke up.
Hence, there is speculation whether the two BJP leaders will attend Thackeray’s swearing-in or even congratulate the coalition government as a courtesy.
“Before the elections, both PM Narendra Modi and I had said many times in public that Devendra Fadnavis will be the Chief Minister if the alliance wins. Nobody objected back then. Now they have come up with new demands that are not acceptable to us,” Amit Shah had said earlier this month.
On Wednesday while ddressing media after taking oath as a member of the 14th state Assembly, Balasaheb Thorat, the Congress Legislature Party leader in the House, said, “The number of portfolio-sharing will be finalized in next two days. The Cabinet and Minister of State (MoS) posts to be given to each party will also be finalized in the next two days.”
When questioned whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi or party leader Rahul Gandhi would attend Thackeray’s swearing-in ceremony, Thorat said, “Nothing has been finalized so far on this.”
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