PM Modi, Shah's decision to make me CM opened eyes of many: CM Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde while making his first address on the Floor of the Maharashtra Assembly as a Chief Minister on Sunday said that the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to let him lead the government despite having more members than his side has opened the eyes of manyHe also said that after the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the state a BJPShiv Sena government has taken charge which is based on the beliefs of party founder Balasaheb ThackerayThe remarks of the Chief Minister came soon after BJP candidate Rahul Narwekar was elected as the Speaker of the House with 164 votes in support and 107 against himAlso Read BJPrsquos Rahul Narvekar elected Maharashtra Assembly SpeakerEveryone knows that Devendra Fadnavis had 115 members with him I had only 50 Still he PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah made me CM despite having numbers with themthis decision of the BJP has opened the eyes of many he saidNow a BJPShiv Sena government has taken charge based on the beliefs of Balasaheb Thackeray Till date we had seen that people change sides from Opposition to the government but this time leaders of government went to the Opposition Shinde addedThe new chief minister who as a Shiv Sena leader led the revolt against party chief Uddhav Thackeray along with other supporting MLAs said that it was a huge thing for a common worker like him to leave the government being a ministerI myself was a minister several other ministers too left the Government This was a huge thing for a common worker like me who was devoted to the ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe he saidMeanwhile Devendra Fadnavis who was addressing the House for the first time as a Deputy Chief Minister said that the BJPShiv Sena alliance will try to fulfil the aspirations of the stateThis government of BJPShiv Sena alliance under the leadership of Eknath Shinde will try to fulfil all the aspirations of Maharashtra and we hope that you Speaker will give a good cooperation for the same Fadnavis saidLauding Narwekar for being elected the Speaker of the House Fadnavis said Advocate Rahul Narvekar is the youngest Speaker of the Assembly not in the Maharashtra state assembly only but all over the country he is the youngest Speaker There is no age limit for thoughts and thought processesEarlier today Samajwadi Party SP abstained from voting against the BJP candidate Both its MLAs Abu Azmi and Raees Shaikh kept sitting during the head countNotably AIMIM also abstained from voting against BJPs NarwekarA total of three MLAs abstained from voting in the Assembly including AIMIMs Shah Farukh Anwar SPs two MLAs while one AIMIM MLA was absent from the HouseIn the twoday special session of the Assembly beginning Sunday the ShindeFadnavis government will have to prove its majority on the Floor of the House on Monday in Vote of ConfidenceNotably Shinde who led the revolt against Shiv Sena chief and former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the Chief Minister while former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who was seen as the frontrunner for the top post in the government was sworn in as Shindes DeputyThe MVA fielded Shiv Sena MLA Rajan Salvi as a candidate for the Speaker election while BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar was chosen as a candidate for the post of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly SpeakerThe post of the Speaker went vacant in the Assembly after Congress Nana Patole resigned from the office in February 2021 to take guard as the partys state unit chief In the absence of a Speaker Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal was playing the part of an acting Speaker in the HouseThis 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