There is a stir in Maharashtra politics once again. While the NCP is shattered on one side, on the other hand some things are not going well in the BJP. One such estimate is being made because it is said that the smoke does not rise without fire. It is heard thatThere is a situation like ‘Cold War’ between Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde !! Let’s know what the whole gesture is!Three months after the BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar -led NCP alliance (known as Mahayuti), the alleged coalition is allegedly facing internal feud among its members. The opposition claims to operate a “parallel government” within the state administration.
Dismissing the claims, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that there is no “cold war” with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. According to the report, the latest point of tension in the Mahayuti alliance began after the state government withdrew the ‘Y-Stirity Cover’ for several major MLAs. Most of the leaders who saw security cuts were from Shinde’s camp. The incident took place amid reports of a confrontation between BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, when he changed the roles after the 2024 state elections.
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Reacting to speculation of the rift, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said, “If the government continues to work in this way, political chaos will increase further”. However, Shinde has said that there is no “cold war” between us. “We are united in our fight against those opposing development,” he told the media. There are five potential here to create differences in Mahayuti alliance: Safety Review
Recently, the Special Security Unit (SPU) reduced the ‘Y-protection cover’ of prominent political leaders, ministers and MLAs after reviewing their “perception of threat”. The list includes Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and all the cabinet members and ministers of state except his two Deputy Chief Minister.
In 2022, Shiv Sena rebel MLA who joined Shinde’s camp was provided with increased security due to danger. During the tenure of Eknath Shinde as the Chief Minister, the Maharashtra government provided the ‘Y’-security cover to 44 state MLAs and 11 Lok Sabha MPs who supported his rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray in 2022.
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Appointment of mentor ministers
Another burning issue among the coalition partners has come up with the unresolved issue of appointment of patron ministers.According to the report, Fadnavis refused to allocate the post of patron minister to Shiv Sena leaders for Raigad and Nashik districts. Shinde is allegedly unhappy with Fadnavis after NCP’s Aditi Tatkare and BJP Girish Mahajan were made the patron of Raigad and Nashik.
Shinde left Fadnavis meeting on Kumbh
The speculation of the rift between Fadnavis and Shinde became more clear when Shinde left an important review meeting at the Kumbh Mela headed by Fadnavis.Instead, the Shiv Sena leader held his parallel meeting this week. It is being seen as a direct challenge to Fadnavis’s right.
‘Love with enemies’
Another reason for the dispute between the two coalition partners was Fadnavis meeting with senior leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) – they met Uddhav Thackeray and Aditya Thackeray twice in the last two and a half months.According to the report, not only the Shiv Sena (UBT) is angry with NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar honoring Eknath Shinde and praising him at a ceremony organized in New Delhi, which described it as honoring it as “treacherous”, but also The ruling BJP is also angry.
Speculation of possible alliance with BJP’s MNS
Earlier this month, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Raj Thackeray, president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. This meeting before the local body elections has intensified the discussion of alliance between BJP and MNS.
