Ajit Pawar's inclusion to power triple engine govt in Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde

After Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of the state Following the swearingin Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the doubleengine government got a third engineNow we have one Chief Minister and two Deputy Chief Ministers The doubleengine government is now a triple engine For the development of Maharashtra I welcome Ajit Pawar and his leaders Ajit Pawars experience will help strengthen Maharashtra Eknath Shinde was quoted as saying by news agency ANIWATCH Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde says Now we have 1 Chief Minister and 2 Deputy Chief Ministers The doubleengine government has now become triple engine For the development of Maharashtra I welcome Ajit Pawar and his leaders Ajit Pawars experience will help strengthenhellip pictwittercomB5ZFBDX7Ybmdash ANI ANI July 2 2023There is enough time to discuss seat sharing in the cabinet We have come together to develop Maharashtra They the opposition got fourfive seats in Lok Sabha elections This time they will not manage to get even that number of seats he addedWATCH Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde says There is enough time to discuss about the seat sharing in the cabinet We have come together to develop Maharashtra They the opposition got 45 seats in Lok Sabha elections this time they will not manage to get even those number ofhellip pictwittercompky3p6kI5Hmdash ANI ANI July 2 2023Nationalist Congress Party NCPs senior leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday joined Eknath Shindeled government in Maharashtra and took oath as the deputy chief minister of the stateWhile Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at the ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministersThose who were sworn in as ministers are Chhagan Bhujbal Dilip Walse Patil Hasan Mushrif Dhananjay Munde Aditi Tatkare Dharmarao Atram Anil Patil and Sanjay BansodeMaharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar who was present in the Raj Bhawan said Ajit Pawar has resigned as the leader of opposition LoP in the Lower House and he has accepted itDeputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and NCP working president Praful Patel were also present in the Raj BhawanMaharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday claimed 40 of 53 MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party are supporting the state governmentMeanwhile Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is undeterred by the split in his party and can start afreshIn a tweet Raut said I just spoke with NCP Sharad Pawar He said he is firm and peoples support is behind us We can make a fresh start with Uddhav ThackerayRaut said people of Maharashtra will not tolerate such a circus an apparent reference to government formation through vertical splits in political parties for longSome people seem to be determined to completely spoil Maharashtras politics Let them proceed on their chosen path said Raut in an apparent reference to Ajit Pawar CM Shinde and the BJPElections to the 288member state Assembly are due next yearThe political development comes a year after a revolt led by Shinde against the Shiv Sena then undivided led to the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentOn June 30 2022 Shinde sworn in as the CM with Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the deputy CMWith inputs from ANI and PTI