Shiv Sena on Monday officially severed its ties with the BJP at the Centre after Arvind Sawant quit as a union minister from the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This has given rise to speculations that a new political alignment in Maharashtra was imminent with Uddhav Thackeray becoming the new chief minister in the state.
Sawant took to Twitter to announce his resignation from the central government.
लोकसभा निवडणुकी आधी जागा वाटप आणि सत्ता वाटपाचा एक फॉर्म्युला ठरला होता. दोघांना तो मान्य होता.आता हा फॉर्म्युला नाकारून शिवसेनेला खोटे ठरवण्याचा प्रकार धक्कादायक तसेच महाराष्ट्राच्या स्वाभीमानास कलंक लावणारा आहे. खोटेपणाचा कळस करत महाराष्ट्रात भाजपाने फारकत घेतलीच आहे.. 1/2
— Arvind Sawant (@AGSawant) November 11, 2019
शिवसेनेची बाजू सत्याची आहे. अशा खोट्या वातावरणात दिल्लीतील सरकार मध्ये तरी का रहायचे?
आणि म्हणूनच मी केंद्रीय मंत्री पदाचा राजीनामा देत आहे. या संदर्भात आज सकाळी ११.०० वा. दिल्ली येथे मी पत्रकार परिषद (Press Conference) घेणार आहे.— Arvind Sawant (@AGSawant) November 11, 2019
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday asked the Shiv Sena, the second single largest party in the just-concluded assembly elections to indicate the willingness and ability of his party to form the government in Maharashtra. Uddhav Thackeray is likely to be the new chief minister with the outside support from the NCP and the Congress.
On Saturday, Maharashtra’s acting chief minister Devendra Fadnavis stepped down from his post citing his party’s inability to form the government.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who’s been very vocal with his criticism for the BJP since the assembly results were out, has put out a cryptic tweet.
रास्ते की परवाह करूँगा तो मंजिल बुरा मान जाएगी………!
— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) November 11, 2019
The Shiv Sena and BJP alliance had won 161 out of 288 seats in the recent assembly polls. The BJP won 105 seats, Shiv Sena-56, NCP-54 and the Congress 44 seats.