Amid the delay on government formation in Maharashtra, Eknath Shidne is admant over the demand of Home Ministry portfolio for his party. Meanwhile, the local BJP leaders are trying to meet him but as per sources he is unreachable for them.
Local BJP leaders are unable to get the time for meeting. Notably, Shinde has returned Thane from his village in Satara after he fell ill. Despite over a day of his return, he has not contacted the BJP leaders.
Shinde cancells all meetings
Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde cancelled all the meetings including the one with MLAs and coordinators, which were supposed to take place today. He cancelled the meetings after the doctors advise him to rest and hence he will stay in Thane today.
Shrikant Shinde refutes rumors regarding deputy CM post
There were also speculations that Shinde's son Srikant, who is an MP would likely become the deputy chief minister. However, he denied such rumours. In a post on social media platform X, he said that the swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti govt has been delayed a bit and the rumours of him becoming the deputy cm were baseless. He said, "The swearing-in ceremony of the grand coalition government has been a bit delayed, and currently there is a lot of discussion and rumours. Caretaker Chief Minister Hon. Shri Eknath Shinde went to the village for two days and rested due to ill health. So the rumors flourished. The news that I will be the Deputy Chief Minister is being given with question marks for the last two days. As a matter of fact there is no truth in it and all the news about my post as Deputy Chief Minister is baseless and baseless."
Furthermore he added, "Even after the Lok Sabha elections, I had a chance to become a minister in the central government. But thinking of working for the party organization, I refused the ministerial post even then. I have no desire for a position in power. I make it clear once again that I am not in the race for any ministerial position in the state. I will work only for my Lok Sabha constituency and Shiv Sena."
