No Cold War” In Ruling Alliance: Devendra Fadnavis Denies Reports Of Rift

Mumbai:

The ruling Mahayuthi alliance of Maharashtra staunchly denied speculation about a rift within ahead of the budget session of the state assembly.  Appearing before the media, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “There is no Cold War among ruling allies. Both myself and Eknath Shinde know what we do when we are together… We have successfully fought the Opposition and got a landslide victory in the Assembly,” he added.

The press conference took place after the Cabinet meeting and customary tea meeting which was boycotted by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi.

“The situation of the Opposition is not like us — we are together… There is tension and resentment among the opposition itself,” he said.

“Today we had invited the opposition for ‘Chahapan’ (snack meeting before the budget session) but they boycotted it. They held a meeting in which none of their big leaders came. They have given us a 9-page letter in which there are names of nine people, there are signatures of seven people and in that letter, they have raised issues which they have only taken from the press,” Mr Fadnavis said.

Reports of a rift within the ruling alliance had occupied headlines over the last weeks, indicating that Eknath Shinde, who had to step down from the top post to make way for Devendra Fadnavis, is still upset.