As new government of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday won the trust vote in Maharashtra Assembly, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former deputy CM Ajit Pawar was selected as the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr. Pawar said that he will work in an unbiased manner as earlier in his new capacity as the Opposition leader. “. We will support the government in schemes that will benefit the State but will also keep a check on government functioning,” he said, adding that he will ensure that no bill will be passed without a discussion.
Faced with a challenge to steer the struggling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Mr. Pawar’s first challenge would be to keep the opposition flock together. On Monday, one more Shiv Sena MLA - Santosh Banger from Kalamnuri constituency in Hingoli district - joined the Shinde camp reducing the Opposition strength by one.
