Mumbai: Another blow for India Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, 32 former party councilors from Navi Mumbai have extended their support to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde,
Thanking the chief minister, Suresh Kulkarni, a former Shiv Sena corporator from Navi Mumbai, said, “Eknath Shinde stands by us whenever we need it and his style of work is attracting him and everyone else.”
“We will be with him. He never rejects anyone’s phone calls. Even if an ordinary party worker calls him, he receives the call. It feels good,” he said. .
Last month, Eknath Shinde had started a rebellion against the party. Most of the MLAs supported him, due to which the MVA government fell Uddhav Thackeray,
Shinde formally assumed the charge of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Thursday in the presence of the Deputy Chief Minister. Devendra Fadnavis,
Shinde on Monday won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on the last day of the two-day special session of the House. In the 288-member House, 164 MLAs voted for the confidence motion, while 99 voted against it.
Three MLAs abstained from voting, while Congress’s Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar He was among those who were absent during the trust vote.
Shinde was sworn in as CM on June 30, a day after Uddhav Thackeray stepped down. Devendra Fadnavis of BJP took oath as the Deputy CM.
He took oath as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, while BJP veteran Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy CM.
(with inputs from ANI)
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