CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the state’s deputy chief minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar that one day he will became the chief minister of the state. Fadnavis said these words while responding to a debate on a motion of thanks to the governor for his address in both Houses of the Nagpur state assembly during the ongoing winter session in Nagpur on Thursday.
The CM said that he and his deputies Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde will work in shifts 24/7. In his speech, he said Ajit Pawar was one of the early risers. So he would work in the morning.
CM Fadnavis said he will be on duty from 12 noon to midnight, but do you know who works till late at night? Talking about Shinde, he said he was known to work late into the night.
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Addressing Ajit Pawar, Fadnavis said that you are called the “permanent deputy chief minister” but my best wishes are with you… one day you will become the chief minister. Let us tell you that Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the sixth time on December 5 after Mahayutti won the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Ajit Pawar has been outspoken about his ambitions for the chief ministership
NCP leader Ajit Pawar has been outspoken about his ambition to become chief minister. Even before the parliamentary elections, he expressed his ambitions. In 2023, Ajit Pawar severed ties with the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar and joined the grand alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Eknath Shinde was appointed as chief minister and Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister.
Meanwhile, Ghadi is locked in a legal dispute with his uncle Sharad Pawar over the party’s name and election symbol. Ajit Pawar won the battle and received the party’s name and election logo.
After winning the election, Ajit Pawar returned as Deputy Chief Minister.
But the NDA failed in the Lok Sabha elections. The NCP must be content with just one seat. However, Ajit Pawar’s party NCP made a strong comeback in the recent assembly elections. His party contested 57 seats and won 41.
The BJP won 230 seats while Maha Vikas Aghadi had to settle for just 46 seats. As the BJP emerged as the largest party after the elections. So, after the elections, Devendra Fadnavis became the chief minister of the state, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and the National Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar became deputy chief minister.
