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Speculations were rife that Eknath Shinde visited his village as he was upset with the shaping up of new Maharashtra government.
Maharashtra CM Suspense: Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis (PTI Image)
Maharashtra CM Suspense: The Maharashtra suspense story continues even after the second week begins since the declaration of Assembly poll results which put the Mahayuti on top of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the 288-seated Assembly.
Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who has been under the weather for a few days, will return to Thane on Sunday evening, sources said.
Shinde had a fever and throat infection, his family doctor RM Parte said on Saturday.
“He has been given medicines and put on IV (intra-venous therapy for medication). He will feel better in two days. He is leaving for Mumbai on Sunday,” Dr Parte said.
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- Eknath Shinde had headed to his native village Dare in the Satara district on Friday amid speculations that he was unhappy with the way the new government was shaping up. He was checked on by a team of doctors after he developed a high fever on Saturday.
- Shinde is returning to Mumbai a day after Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place at 5 pm on December 5 in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- NCP chief Ajit Pawar, too, on Saturday said that the next chief minister will be from the BJP along with two deputies. The Mahayuti government had adopted the same formula in its last tenure in which Shinde was the CM and Fadnavis and Pawar were his deputies.
- On the other hand, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat said that Shinde will take a “major decision” by Sunday evening. “In my opinion, whenever Eknath Shinde feels the need for time to reflect, he goes to his native village. By tomorrow evening, he will make a major decision. It could be a political decision… Everything will be clear by Monday evening,” Shirsat said.
- Shinde had announced earlier this week that he had conveyed to PM Modi and Amit Shah that he would not be an obstacle in the government formation in the state and he would whole-heartedly accept the decisions by the BJP top brass like the BJP workers and leaders do.
- BJP leader Raosaheb Danve on Sunday said the name of Maharashtra’s new chief minister has been finalised and a mere confirmation is awaited from the party’s top leadership. “The people of Maharashtra know who will be the next CM,” former Union minister Danve said without taking any name.
- Even though no formal announcement has been made in regards to CM’s name, BJP sources indicated that Devendra Fadnavis was the frontrunner for the top post.
(With inputs from agencies)
