Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday lashed out at the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for suggesting that they desired to occupy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s position.
Both Deputy CMs, at a government programme in Shirdi in Ahmednagar district, targeted the MVA, particularly the Congress whose leaders have been hinting that Ajit Pawar would soon replace Mr. Shinde as next CM of the State.
Remarking the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena- BJP-Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction ‘Mahayuti’ government as a strong force intent on development, Mr. Fadnavis said that both deputy chief ministers were “protecting CM Shinde” and not setting covetous eyes on his chair.
