'Portfolio allocation to ministers in 2 days; will conduct performance audit'

Maharashtra Chief Minister CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday that portfolios will be allocated to the new ministers within the next two to three daysAddressing a press conference following the swearingin of 39 legislators from the Mahayuti alliance Fadnavis stated that the coalition partners had agreed to conduct a performance audit of the ministers during their tenureAccording to news agency PTI while Fadnavis did not provide a specific timeline Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said that ministers from his Shiv Sena would be given twoandahalf years to prove themselves and those who perform will progressMeanwhile Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief Ajit Pawar added that nonperformers could be replaced in twoandahalf months alsoAccording to PTI Fadnavis further stated that his Mahayuti government is focused on developing Maharashtra We have decided on the portfolio allocation and it will be announced in two to three days Our administration will focus on swift development he saidThe CM also responded to the criticism made by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi which labelled the Mahayuti government as a government of EVM electronic voting machines Our government came to power because every vote has gone for Maharashtra My government works by the Constitution and respecting the dignity of the Constitution is our priority CM Fadnavis saidParbhani violence orchestrated FadnavisAdditionally he also announced that a Special Investigation Team SIT would be set up to investigate the murder of Santosh Deshmukh the Sarpanch of Massajog Village in Beed district The case has been given to the CID crime investigation department and an SIT will be formed to investigate The culprits will be punished CM saidAccording to PTI he also condemned the recent violence in Parbhani stating that it was orchestrated and that the stone replica of the Constitution had been desecrated by a mentally unstable individual who has been arrested I have directed the police to take action against those protesters involved in stone pelting in Parbhani he addedFadnavis reiterated that he along with Shinde and Pawar had made it clear to the new ministers that they would be subjected to a performance audit A performance audit of ministers will be done and all three of us have agreed to this he saidCM also mentioned that the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders who were not included in the cabinet may be given organisational rolesEarlier in the day MVA had targeted the Maharashtra Government over the plight of farmers rising prices unemployment and the murder of the sarpanch Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve criticised the government for holding a drama session with the winter session being reduced to just six days Earlier the Nagpur session used to last anywhere between three weeks and a month said the Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leaderFadnavis responded by stating that the Mahayuti Government was ready to address all issues raised by the opposition but only if they raised them on the floor of the legislature instead of speaking to the mediaWith PTI inputs