NCP National President and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Wednesday that the MahaYuti partners will finalise decisions about the candidates for the post of chief minister and deputy chief ministers including the state cabinet in a cordial atmosphere after a meeting slated with the Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Thursday.
He also said that all MahaYuti partners will support the decisions that are made in Wednesday's meetings.
"Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and I will visit Delhi tomorrow and have a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. After that, the new chief minister, two deputy chief ministers and the Cabinet. The oath ceremony is likely on November 30 or December 1," said Ajit Pawar whose party leader and senior minister Chhagan Bhujbal has announced that NCP will support Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister.
Ajit Pawar was speaking after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde opted out of the Chief Minister’s race announcing that he will support the BJP candidate and he will abide by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision in this regard.
The state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule hailed the chief minister’s move while hailing his stand to make the NDA further stronger and strengthen the MahaYuti in the state.
Ajit Pawar also thanks all the voters of Maharashtra and all the workers of MahaYuti. Adding that the responsibility of the alliance partners has increased manifolds in the wake of this landslide victory.
He further said that the winter session of Nagpur is just before us and supplementary demands have to be passed.
"There will be immediate work pressure but since most of us are experienced,". We do not think that it will become such a big issue. It is a gesture towards developing the state in a better manner. There is an attempt to bring together all elements of society. Besides, there is an effort to bring humongous amounts of money from the centre. As the session of the Lok Sabha is going on, I will also try to meet various ministers to seek higher central assistance to Maharashtra," said Ajit Pawar.
On the chorus growing in NCP for Ajit Pawar to become the next chief minister, he said that irrespective of what the party workers think, in the end, it is also seen how many legislators have been elected.
The situation was different two and half years ago and now the story is totally different," he said.
Commenting on the opposition's criticism of EVMs, Ajit Pawar said: "We all respect the justice system. The Supreme Court said that every time a person loses an election, the defeat is inflicted on the EVMs, and if it succeeds, then the EVM is good.". Even in the past, a very poor performance was seen at Lok Sabha elections. And at that time, the tendency was not to bring such blame on EVM alone. The opposition's criticism is an attempt by the senior leaders to show to candidates who have lost that they are doing something to boost their morale.
He said that while the election results of West Bengal, Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, and Jammu and Kashmir will be declared, the EVMs were first-class, but if the results turn against the INDIA Bloc, they start blaming the EVMs.
“The 2014 election also saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wave and despite that, some people talked about the credibility of EVMs. Some people also spoke during the 2019 elections. But after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections no one said anything about EVMs,” said Ajit Pawar.
He said that Donald Trump lost the election in 2020 but then went on to win back in 2024. "The decision given by the Supreme Court is final. Those who have lost the Assembly election are making noise about the EVMs. However, most people have faith in EVMs," said Ajit Pawar.
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