New Delhi: Senior Congress chief Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed that Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar can be appointed because the chief minister of Maharashtra round August 10. He mentioned {that a} choice on the disqualification of incumbent CM Eknath Shinde and 15 different Shiv Sena MLAs can be taken round August 10.
“After deciding the disqualification of Shinde and other MLAs, incumbent Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar would be anointed as the chief minister around August 10,” Prithviraj Chavan, a former Maharashtra chief minister, was quoted as saying by the information company PTI.
He additionally said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just isn’t eager on contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections below Eknath Shinde as he wields ‘no affect’ outdoors his dwelling district of Thane.
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“The BJP now has an alternative in Ajit Pawar,” Chavan added.
He alleged that ‘use and throw’ is the work model of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“This is the fate of Shinde. The understanding of top BJP leadership indicates they want to make Ajit Pawar the chief minister and face elections,” he added.
It is notable that Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs of Sharad Pawar’s NCP joined the Shiv Sena-BJP authorities on July 2. While Ajit Pawar took oath because the deputy chief minister, the insurgent NCP MLAs have been sworn in as ministers.Â
Shinde, nevertheless, had mentioned Ajit Pawar’s entry into the federal government posed no menace to him.
Both Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde had just lately met PM Modi on the NDA’s essential assembly in Delhi.
Ajit Pawar aspires to be CM
Earlier this month, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had mentioned that he aspired to develop into the CM of the state.
“I was sworn in deputy CM five times. It is a record but the vehicle stops there, and doesn’t proceed further. I feel from the bottom of my heart that I should become pramukh (cm) of the state. I have some things which I want to implement and for that becoming pramukh (CM) is essential,” Ajit Pawar, who has by no means hidden his chief ministerial ambitions, instructed a gathering convened by him at Mumbai Educational Trust in Mumbai on July 5.
Senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis, a former chief minister, can be a deputy chief minister.
