The supporters and leaders of the former CM Devendra Fadnavis have celebrated by distributing the sweets. Fadnavis the CM candidate will meet the BJP Chief Nadda and also Home Minister Amit Shah today before taking the next step.
The group of Sena MLAs who deserted Uddhav will get some key portfolios and also the Deputy CM post for Shinde. That is the agreement between Shinde and Fadnavis.
Fadnavis who told earlier that the Uddhav Thackeray Government will not complete the full term was proved right. The discontentment among the MLAs brewed and they just got away from the main group and supported the BJP.
Uddhav on the other hand not only resigned to the post of CM but also to the MLC post. It looks like he is dejected with the present politics.
In the June 20 MLC elections, BJP managed to get its 5th candidate elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council despite lacking the numbers. From the MVA partners, the NCP and the Shiv Sena won two seats each, while Congress could only bag one seat.
A total of 11 candidates were in the fray for the 10 seats. BJP needed 22 votes from outside the party for its fifth candidate. As per sources, BJP got 26 more votes from outside, 130 votes in total in the first preference, suggesting that the Sena, NCP, and Congress MLAs cross-voted, just like in the Rajya Sabha elections.
There is a talk that Fadnavis will take over the reins of Maharashtra from July first.
