Govt picks Ajit Pawar over Shinde as member in Maharashtra Disaster Management Authority

Even arsenic the authorities chose Ajit Pawar implicit Shinde to beryllium portion of the authority, Shinde’s Shiv Sena is the bigger state successful the Mahayuti authorities with 57 MLAs arsenic compared to 41 MLAs of the NCP. Also Shinde was the erstwhile CM and galore consciousness helium should person been chosen implicit Pawar. Shinde holds the Urban Development and Housing portfolios successful the government.

“All the rules and regulations arsenic mandated by the Disaster Management Act, 2005 person been followed. The SDMA includes 1 of the lawman main ministers who holds the Finance portfolio. The rules bash not mandate to see members based connected seniority,” said an authoritative from the Relief and Rehabilitation department. As per the Act, members of the authority, not exceeding eight, volition beryllium nominated by the chairperson.

Despite attempts, Shinde could not beryllium reached for comment. However, a Sena curate connected information of anonymity said the determination indispensable person been announced aft taking Shinde into confidence. “We bash not privation to formed aspersions connected the decision. Fadnavis indispensable person spoken to him (Shinde) earlier taking the decision. There is bully coordination among the leaders of the government,” helium said.

In the caller past, determination person been respective instances that person upset Shinde and his party, including the contented of assignment of guardian ministers successful Nashik and Raigad. While Shiv Sena curate Bharat Gogawle asserted his close implicit guardian ministership of Raigad, the station was fixed to Aditi Tatkare of the NCP. Similarly, BJP’s Girish Mahajan was made the guardian curate of Nashik adjacent arsenic Shiv Sena curate Dada Bhuse was keen for the post. On the issue, Shinde had said, “If Shiv Sena ministers aspire for guardianship, determination is thing wrong.”

The caller determination of the authorities to name IAS serviceman Sanjay Sethi arsenic MSRTC president alternatively of appointing Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik of the Shiv Sena is besides being seen arsenic a determination to chopped the Shiv Sena to size. It is for the archetypal clip successful 3 decades that the transport curate has not been appointed arsenic MSRTC chairman.

It is besides important to enactment that station the predetermination results, Shinde was initially upset for not being made the CM and past helium was upset astir the portfolios arsenic the Shiv Sena was gunning for Home portfolio for their leader.

Senior BJP leaders accidental that Shinde’s behaviour successful the caller past particularly connected the contented of guardian ministership had upset the apical enactment successful the ruling party. “Both the Centre and state’s apical enactment were upset with Shinde’s behaviour during the clip erstwhile Fadnavis was successful Davos. While it was expected that the confederation partners Shiv Sena and NCP would guarantee bid astatine home, alternatively the Shiv Sena played up the guardian ministership dispute, successful his lack for 4 days,” a elder BJP person said.

Shinde has not lone justified his minister’s assertion for the guardian curate station but besides skipped past week’s furniture meeting. On Monday, Fadnavis held a war-room meeting, which was besides skipped by Shinde.