Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis holds meeting on OBC reservation

A day after forming the new government in Maharashtra State Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday held a meeting regarding OBC reservation in Mantralaya in MumbaiMaharashtra Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Pravin Darekar and Dr Sanjay Kute were also present in the meeting todayIn March this year the Supreme Court declined to accept the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commissions recommendation to restore 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes OBC in the upcoming local body electionsThe then Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in Maharashtra decided to explore legal options for restoration of Other Backward Classes OBC reservation in local bodies pollsAlso read Maharashtra political crisis Ekanth Shinde govt to face floor test on July 4The issue was raked up by the BJP in the Maharashtra AssemblyMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis also held the first cabinet meeting of the new government in Mumbai on Thursday eveningThe Maharashtra Cabinet has also decided to call a special session of the state assembly for two days July 2 and July 3 A Speaker will be elected during the session since the post is vacant following Congress MLA Nana Patoles resignation last yearShinde who claims to have the support of 40 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led a revolt against the Uddhav Thackerayled party leading to the collapse of the 31monthold Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentA day after the resignation of Thackeray from the chief ministerial post Shinde and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and staked claim to form the government in the state which was in the grip of political chaos for more than a weekShinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister yesterday eveningFadnavis who was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 201419 announced at a joint press conference in Mumbai on Thursday that he will not be part of the government However later on under the direction of the BJPs central leadership Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy CMThe Eknath Shinde camp which had stayed mostly in Guwahati during the revolt said that Congress and Nationalist Congress Party NCP are Shiv Senas traditional rivals They had earlier urged Uddhav Thackeray to stitch a natural alliance with the BJPThackeray resigned on Wednesday after the Shindeled group kept adding to its numbers and the Supreme Court gave a goahead for a floor test in the assemblyBJP and Shiv Sena had fought the 2019 assembly polls together but differences cropped up over the post of Chief MinisterShinde who was also present at the press conference with Fadnavis said A total of 50 MLAs are with us including 40 MLAs from Shiv SenaWe have fought this battle so far with their helpI will not let even a scratch mar the trust that these 50 people have placed in me let alone break that trustThe decision that we have taken is committed to Balasahebs Hindutva and for the development work in the constituencies of our MLAs We have 50 MLAs with us he addedThe Shiv Sena leader further said that though BJP has 120 MLAs but Fadnavis did not take up the post of Chief MinisterBJP has 120 MLAs but despite that Devendra Fadnavis didnt take the post of CM I express my gratitude to him along with PM Modi Amit Shah and other BJP leaders that they showed generosity and made Balasahebs Sainik partyworker the CM of the state he saidThis 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