Talks occurred with Sharad Pawar, claimed Devendra Fadnavis over 2019 coup. (File)

Mumbai:

Three years after he teamed up with Nationalist Congress Get together chief Ajit Pawar in an in a single day coup to kind the federal government in Maharashtra, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday stated the train had NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s backing.

“We had a proposal from the NCP that they wanted a steady authorities and we must always kind such a authorities collectively. We determined to go forward and maintain talks. The talks occurred with Sharad Pawar. Then issues modified. You’ve got seen how issues modified,” Mr Fadnavis stated, referring to Ajit Pawar quitting the federal government 80 hours later.

“In all equity I need to state that Ajit Pawar took oath with me with honesty… however in a while their (NCP’s) technique modified,” Mr Fadnavis stated, throughout an occasion organised by TV9 information channel.

Responding to Mr Fadnavis’ remarks, Sharad Pawar stated, “I felt that Devendra is a cultured particular person and a gentleman. I by no means felt that he’ll take recourse to falsehood and make such a press release.” The BJP had gained 105 seats within the Maharashtra Meeting elections, the outcomes of which had been introduced on October 24, 2019. The Shiv Sena, which was in an alliance with the BJP, gained 56 seats. Regardless of having sufficient seats to kind a authorities collectively, the 2 allies bickered over power-sharing – who will get the chief minister’s submit being the bone of rivalry – ensuing within the Shiv Sena beginning negotiations with the ideologically totally different Congress and NCP as a substitute.

With no end result in sight then, the Centre imposed President’s Rule in Maharashtra on November 12. The Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP continued negotiations to kind an alliance, and Sharad Pawar later introduced that Uddhav Thackeray had been unanimously chosen to move the brand new authorities. Thus, the early morning oath-taking ceremony of Mr Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on November 23 got here as a shock.

In one of many largest political surprises in Maharashtra, then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari swore in Devendra Fadnavis because the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister. The ministry lasted three days, after which Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in because the chief minister.

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