Shiv Sena, BJP will contest all future elections jointly: Eknath Shinde
The Hindu
The CM said issues related to agriculture and cooperation were discussed during the meeting. Several pending projects in the State have been streamlined now and they are on way to completion, he said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on June 5 said the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest all future elections together, including civic polls.
Mr. Shinde, whose Shiv Sena shares power with the BJP in Maharashtra, in a tweet also informed that he and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday night.
“During the meeting, it was decided that all future elections (including the Lok Sabha, Assembly and civic bodies) will be contested jointly by the Shiv Sena and BJP. We will contest and win the elections with majority,” the CM tweeted along with a photograph of his meeting with Mr. Shah.
Mr. Shinde and Mr. Fadnavis went to Delhi on Sunday evening and held a meeting with the Home Minister.
The CM said issues related to agriculture and cooperation were discussed during the meeting. Several pending projects in the State have been streamlined now and they are on way to completion, he said.
"We have always received guidance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for various projects. We met Amit Shah to discuss issues related to the cooperation sector," Mr. Shinde said in the tweet.
Last year, he along with 39 other MLAs revolted against the Shiv Sena (then undivided) leadership.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.