Eknath Shinde gives meetings a miss as row over guardian ministership continues

The assignment of NCP’s Aditi Tatkare and BJP’s Girish Mahajan arsenic guardian ministers of Raigad and Nashik districts respectively has been stayed aft discontent from the Shiv Sena camp. The Sena has staked assertion connected some districts, with Sena ministers Bharat Gogawale and Dada Bhuse keen to go the guardian ministers of Raigad and Nashik districts, respectively. Shinde has already said determination is thing incorrect successful aspiring to go the guardian minister. Both the NCP and Sena person said they won’t budge connected the issue, resulting successful a stalemate.

It was speculated that the contented volition beryllium resolved aft Fadnavis’ instrumentality from the WEF. However, with nary solution successful sight, Shinde look to beryllium sulking and expressing his discontent.

On Monday, Fadnavis held a warfare country gathering to sermon the presumption of flagship schemes successful the societal sector. These schemes are from health, lodging and h2o proviso departments, which are presently held by Shiv Sena’s Prakash Abitkar, Shinde himself and Gulabrao Patil, respectively. Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar attended the meeting, portion Shinde chose to stay absent.

“He besides cancelled the reappraisal meetings of Urban Development and Water Supply and Sanitation departments planned for contiguous (Monday). We were told that helium volition not beryllium attending it,” said an authoritative from the Shinde’s office.

Fadnavis, Shinde and Pawar were sworn successful connected December 5 aft prolonged deliberations betwixt Shinde and BJP’s Delhi leadership. It was reported past that Shinde wanted to instrumentality arsenic CM, but the BJP enactment chose Fadnavis. Since then, the Sena person has seldom visited Mantralaya, but for furniture meetings.

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