BJP should have shown 'big heart' by honouring rotational CM pact: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Saturday said former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as deputy chief minister was a shocking climax to the drama of creating political instability in the state and questioned the BJP why it did not show a big heart by honouring the pact of rotational CM in 2019The Sena in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana said that Fadnaviss act of becoming deputy chief minister instead of chief minister is now being defended as an instance of his big heart and adherence to the partys directivesWith the motive of creating political instability in Maharashtra a drama was played out but it is still unclear how many more episodes are yet to unfold The fastpaced developments have left even the Chanakayas and political pundits stunned as strokes and masterstrokes are being played it saidThe mahashakti superforce behind the entire drama got exposed Gaining power in Maharashtra through a rebellion in Shiv Sena was the main objective of this whole play which was enacted in Surat Guwahati Supreme Court Goa Raj Bhavan and ultimately at Mantralaya state secretariat it saidHowever the climax at the Raj Bhavan was the most shocking part of it The one who everyone believed would become the chief minister Fadnavis had to take oath as the deputy chief minister and vice versa He accepted the post as the order of the party leadership But it is now being said in defence that Fadnavis showed a big heart and took up the post instead of becoming CM himself it saidBut had the BJP showed its big heart by keeping its promise about the rotational chief minister made to the Shiv Sena twoandahalf years back then there was no need for it to present any defence for what happened now the Uddhav Thackerayled party saidAlso Read Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray sacks Eknath Shinde from Shiv Sena party postsA day after the collapse of the Uddhav Thackerayled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government due to a rebellion within the Shiv Sena Fadnavis had on Thursday announced that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde would be the new chief minister but he himself would not be part of the government He however later took oath as deputy chief ministerThe BJP notably is the single largest party in the AssemblyOn Friday Uddhav Thackeray had said that had Union Home Minister Amit Shah kept his word of rotating the top post in the state in 2019 the BJP would have been steering the government nowIn 2019 the Shiv Sena and the BJP fought the Assembly polls together but parted ways due to differences over sharing the chief ministers post The Sena claims it was decided that all posts including that of the chief minister would be shared between the two saffron partiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever