Ruckus in the Shinde faction on Ajit Panwar
Maharashtra Politics: MLAs of Eknath Shinde faction are worried about snatching the department, MLAs are raising the question why Ajit Pawar was included in the government despite having absolute majority.
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Shinde camp's silence :-
According to Hindustan Times report, Eknath Shinde held a meeting with both his deputy Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on July 4, but no result could be found in this meeting either. A lot of movement is being seen everywhere regarding the allocation of portfolios. The silence of the Shinde camp has also been mentioned in the report. In which sources have been quoted as saying that the Shinde camp looked quite calm during the cabinet meeting, while the Ajit Pawar camp was quite aggressive. Apart from this, there was a lot of conversation between Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, while the CM was sidelined.
Uproar over the finance department :-
The real ruckus on the division of departments started when a proposal was made by the BJP to hand over the responsibility of the finance department to Ajit Pawar. CM looked angry. The Shinde faction has opposed the proposal to give the finance portfolio to Pawar. After which a meeting can be held regarding this again. along with Eknath Shinde, 40 MLAs broke away from the Shiv Sena and supported the BJP and formed the government, but now the BJP has got another new friend in the form of Ajit Pawar. In such a situation, old friend i.e. Eknath Shinde is frightened that BJP may leave his hand. Many MLAs of Shinde faction have also raised questions on this. The MLAs say that when we had absolute majority then why there was a need to include Ajit Pawar?
Uproar in the Shinde faction :-
The statements of the opposition leaders are also being considered as one of the reasons for the upheaval in the Chingari Shinde faction. Many leaders including Sanjay Raut have claimed that Ajit Pawar is going to replace Shinde soon. Raut had claimed that Shinde would soon go down the CM's chair. Apart from this, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan claimed that BJP has made a deal with Ajit Pawar for the post of Chief Minister. Bargaining has been done to remove Shinde from the post of CM and give it to Ajit Pawar. Amidst all these statements, there has been a stir in the Shinde group involved in the government and these rebel leaders of Shiv Sena are beginning to fear being thrown out of power. Read the full article
