Senior NCP leaders, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, and Chhagan Bhujbal, arrived at Fadnavis’s official ‘Varsha’ bungalow in South Mumbai, where they held discussions for at least an hour on Friday.
During the meeting, Fadnavis handed over a memorandum to the Prime Minister, briefing him on the situation in Maharashtra following the heavy rainfall.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and chief party spokesperson Sanjay Raut said here on Friday that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde made an offer to Union Home Minister Amit Shah that he would merge his Shiv Sena with the BJP, if Shinde was made Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday defended Minister of State for Home Affairs Yogesh Kadam who came under fire from the Oppostion for his intemperate remark on an incidence of rape in Pune's Swargate bus depot on Thursday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in Delhi that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's position about the resignation of state Food & Civil Supplies Minister Dhananjay Munde of the NCP is the "clear and official" position.
Fadnavis, however, ruled out the possibility of the BJP having any understanding with NCP for the polls.
Fadnavis said a central government team will soon visit the state and declare financial assistance to deal with the situation.
He pointed out that the apex court had accepted that there is no political influence nor a plot to suppress opposition voice.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Mumbai on Saturday evening for the inclusion of the metropolis’ Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
"Why has Marathe been targeted like this but you have no courage to act against Amit Shah?" Thackeray demanded before media persons.
