‘I am not a hurdle’: Eknath Shinde clears way for BJP CM in Maharashtra, says will support top brass’s decision

Shinde said that Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar and helium would be a gathering with Shah successful Delhi connected Thursday wherever a treatment would beryllium held connected this issue.

“I americium an open-minded person. For me, ladla (dear) member station is bigger than immoderate different position. I americium not idiosyncratic who is withholding the process of authorities formation. I called PM (Modi) yesterday and reassured him that I americium not a hurdle to authorities formation. I told him that immoderate your determination arsenic the ultimate person of NDA and Mahayuti would beryllium acceptable to us. I told him that helium should not deliberation Eknath Shinde is simply a hurdle. We wholeheartedly enactment the determination that volition beryllium taken by the PM,” Shinde said.

Indicating that helium was consenting to measurement down arsenic main minister, Shinde said his enactment would besides enactment the BJP’s determination connected the post. “The Shiv Sena volition enactment the BJP and PM Modi’s decision. I spoke to Union curate Amit Shah arsenic good arsenic PM Modi astir it and conveyed the determination of supporting their determination connected the CM post,” Shinde reiterated.

Shinde thanked the radical of the authorities for Mahayuti’s “landslide” triumph successful the Assembly polls and said that helium ne'er considered himself arsenic main curate but believed that helium worked similar a communal man. Shinde said that helium could motorboat and instrumentality payment schemes successful the past 2 and a fractional years due to the fact that helium came from a mediocre household of farmers and was alert of the issues faced by the farmers, women, and the marginalised poor.

“I ne'er considered myself arsenic CM but arsenic a communal man. Since I came from a mediocre family, I took each decisions for the payment of farmers, women, mediocre radical etc. I americium satisfied with my tenure of 2.5 years. PM Modi and Amit Shah ji stood down maine similar a stone during my tenure. We were capable to bash accelerated fast-track improvement successful the past 2.5 years due to the fact that the authorities and Centre had the aforesaid government,” helium said.

Shinde added that helium was not idiosyncratic who worked for a presumption oregon idiosyncratic who would sulk oregon beryllium unhappy astir not being successful immoderate position. “We are the ones who are known to combat and dedicate (ourselves) to the work of radical till my past driblet of blood. People saw successful maine a CM from their ain family. I earned the tag of ‘Janata’s CM’ and communal man,” helium said.