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Has Eknath Shinde Demanded Home Portfolio From PM Modi, Shah? Sena MLA Clears Air Ahead Of Maha Cabinet Expansion

Gogavale, an aide of Shinde who heads the Shiv Sena, stated that the cabinet expansion is likely to take place between December 11 and 16

Has Eknath Shinde Demanded Home Portfolio From PM Modi, Shah? Sena MLA Clears Air Ahead Of Maha Cabinet Expansion (Photo: ANI)

Maharashtra News: A day after the swearing-in ceremony of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his two deputies, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, a Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) leader claimed that Eknath Shinde has demanded the crucial home department from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and talks on portfolio allocation are in progress.

Gogavale, an aide of Shinde who heads the Shiv Sena, stated that the cabinet expansion is likely to take place between December 11 and 16, just ahead of the winter session of the state legislature.

The winter session of the legislature will start in Nagpur, the state's second capital, from December 16.

"When Devendra Fadnavis was the deputy chief minister (in the Shinde-led government), he also held the home department. Saheb (Shinde) has demanded the home, and talks (on portfolio allocation) are in progress," Gogavale said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

On being asked to whom the demand was made, Gogavale said it was probably Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The MLA from Mahad in Raigad district claimed that attempts are being made to change the portfolios held by the Shiv Sena in the previous Mahayuti government.

Gogavale hoped the talks on portfolio allocation would be over in the next two days.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister for a third time on Thursday at a grand ceremony in south Mumbai's Azad Maidan, while Shinde and Ajit Pawar (NCP) were sworn in as his deputies.

Barring the top three Mahayuti politicians, no other leader was administered the oath of office at the ceremony. The BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP are constituents of the Mahayuti coalition, which won 230 seats in the 288-member assembly in last month's polls.

(With PTI Inputs)

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