Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde dismisses buzz of rift in Mahayuti

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has dismissed the speculation of a rift within the Mahayuti and said everything is hunkydory in the ruling alliance reported news agency PTIThe issues if any will be sorted out through discussions Shinde told reporters on SundayThere is no bickering within the Mahayuti Everything is hunkydory We work and dont complain We are the ones who fight he said reported PTIThe Shiv Sena leader was reacting to reports that he has complained to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who heads the Nationalist Congress Party NCPIf Eknath Shinde has to say something he will directly talk to me or the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis We share good relations Pawar told reportersAmid talk of Shinde raising contentious issues concerning the states ruling alliance with Shah BJP s Sudhir Mungantiwar on Sunday also defended the Shiv Sena leaderEknath Shinde is a good leader He would not use such ways to raise complaints before Shah Shinde is such a leader who will not wait and raise it with Amit Shah He would directly speak with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Mungantiwar told reportersThe ruling alliance comprises the BJP Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawarled NCP It retained power after a landslide victory in the state assembly polls held in November last yearShinde who was chief minister from June 2022 however had to be content with the deputy CMs post in the Devendra Fadnavisled government formed after the pollsDuring his visit to Maharashtra on Saturday Shah attended an event at Raigad Fort to mark the 345th death anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajNCP MP Sunil Tatkare on Saturday also hosted lunch for Shah at his house in Raigad and described it as a nonpolitical interaction with the issue of guardian ministers not on its agenda reported PTILocal Shiv Sena leaders didnt attend the lunch further fuelling speculation that all was not well in the BJPled Mahayuti over the allotment of posts of guardian ministers in Raigad and NashikNotably Sunil Tatkares daughter and NCP MLA Aditi Tatkare is one of the contenders for the post of the Raigad district guardian minister but is facing opposition from Shiv Sena MLA Bharat GogawaleThe Fadnavisled Mahayuti government had to stay the appointment of Aditi Tatkare and BJP leader Girish Mahajan as guardian ministers of Raigad and Nashik and districts respectively in January this year due to opposition from the Shindeled Shiv SenaWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params