Devendra Fadnavis Takes Oath at BJPs Friday Blockbuster Heeduniya News Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis has been sworn in as the BJPs first Maharashtra chief minister, the states 27th. A small group of ministers is now being sworn in at Mumbais Wankhede stadium, which is filled to capacity. On another stage, Prime Minster Narendra Modi, seated next to BJP veteran LK Advani, leads a star-studded turnout. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray arrived a little after Mr Fadnavis took oath and is seated on the same stage as Mr Modi, next to the Congress Prithviraj Chavan, the outgoing chief minister. After the Shiv Sena publicly bemoaned the humiliation of its top leaders, BJP president Amit Shah allegedly phoned Mr Thackeray, and sought his attendance at the oath ceremony. Mr Thackeray had RSVP-ed the event, after the BJP rejected his partys demand for its leaders to be included in the small cabinet that took oath today. While the Senas desire to join the government has been expressed in tones ranging from aggressive to coaxing, the BJP has so far only said that it hopes negotiations will come to fruition. The BJP and the Shiv Sena snapped a 25-year alliance in September; in the election that followed, the BJP lassoed its best-ever result, but not an outright majority. The Sena placed second, but any plans to exploit the BJPs need for more seats were stultified with Sharad Pawars party, the NCP, deftly offering external support to a minority government. While being made to wait, the Sena has tried to prove its worth as a partner, using editorials in its mouthpiece to praise the Prime Minister and to wish Mr Fadnavis success in leading Maharashtra. Todays editorial defends the scale of the event at Wankhede Stadium that stars Mr Fadnavis, has an invitee list of 30,000, and has been designed by a top Bollywood art director. Its laughable to hear criticism from those who supervised the loot of the state, said the Sena mouthpiece, offering a quick rebuttal to the Congress, which was defeated in the election and has censured the BJP for the pomp and splendor of todays event.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:39:00 +0000
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