In the 2019 assembly elections, the people of Maharashtra had given a clear majority to the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. But after the election results, Shiv Sena party chief (then head of United Shiv Sena) Uddhav Thackeray broke the three-decade alliance with the BJP and formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state, taking the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party with him. As a result, Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest party in the state, had to sit on the opposition bench.
But in June 2022, Eknath Shinde rebelled with Shiv Sena and formed a separate group taking 40 MLAs with him. This group formed the government in the state in alliance with the BJP. Also, Eknath Shinde claimed the original Shiv Sena party. The Election Commission also recognized their group Shiv Sena as a party. Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, who has 40 MLAs, became the Chief Minister.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who has 105 MLAs, is in charge of the state as Deputy Chief Minister. Many people did not like that BJP demoted Devendra Fadnavis by making him Deputy Chief Minister. But it has become clear that this is BJP’s strategy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a detailed response on this.
Narendra Modi elaborated on this
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Maharashtra now has a government led by Eknath Shinde . In the last election, BJP won the maximum number of seats (105) but we have given up the post of Chief Minister. BJP has made this sacrifice only for the good of Maharashtra. Some people thought that we got this power because we wanted to be the Chief Minister. After getting power, we could have appointed our Chief Minister. We could have made Fadnavis the Chief Minister. But we didn’t. Because we wanted to tell the people of the state that the welfare of the state is more important to us than the post of chief minister. We live for Maharashtra, we don’t live for ourselves, we wanted to convey this message to the people of Maharashtra. So in this year’s election, people’s sympathy is with us. People feel that such a great leader (Devendra Fadnavis) despite being a successful Chief Minister is sitting on the post of Deputy Chief Minister today. Devendra Fadnavis has made this kind of sacrifice. He has done all this for the bright future of Maharashtra, leaving his honor alone.”
Prime Minister Modi said, the state of West Bengal is being destroyed in our country. The city of Kolkata was once the main center of our country’s economy. But, it is also deteriorating. The states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh had gone into the abyss due to their dirty politics and instability. We did not want Maharashtra to go to such a state. Mumbai is the financial capital of the country and if we or any government wants to achieve the interest of the country, we have to strengthen Maharashtra and move forward. This is what we are telling the people of the state. This is the message we are conveying to the public and it is getting a very positive response from the public.