Decision on Maharashtra cabinet expansion after floor test: Deepak Kesarkar

Panaji: Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar on Friday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take a decision on cabinet expansion after the floor test. The floor test of the new government is to be held on July 4.

Kesarkar was talking to reporters at a starred resort in Goa where Shiv Sena MLAs of the Shinde faction are staying. He said that after the floor test, the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister will decide on the cabinet expansion.

Kesakar claimed that there has been no discussion yet on inducting the rebel MLAs into the cabinet or sharing of portfolios. On a viral joke that the Shinde-led government is an ‘ED’ government, he said, ‘ED’ stands for Eknath and Devendra, who will work for the betterment of Maharashtra. Other ED (Enforcement Directorate) will call you for investigation. Must appear before it, present your explanation and get a clean chit, he said. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena as well as other opposition parties have often accused the central government of misusing the ED to harass the BJP’s opponents.

With Shinde becoming the chief minister, the dream of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray has been fulfilled, Kesarkar further said. Balasaheb always wanted a Shiv Sainik to be the chief minister of the state, he alleged, alleging that NCP chief Sharad Pawar forced Uddhav Thackeray to become the CM when his party formed the government in alliance with the NCP and Congress in 2019.

When asked about his own feud with BJP leader and Union Minister Narayan Rane and his two sons, Kesarkar said the day Rane was “Matoshree” (Uddhav Thackeray and his family whose residence is ‘Matoshree’ in Mumbai) Will stop talking against, the quarrel will stop. ,

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