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File photo of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (Image: PTI)
As per his tour itinerary, Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on June 30, will fly a government chartered flight to New Delhi on Friday evening.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will visit New Delhi on Friday on his first visit to the national capital after taking oath of his new office last month, an official said on Thursday. As per his tour itinerary, Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on June 30, will fly a government chartered flight to New Delhi on Friday evening.
However, his engagements in the national capital were not disclosed. He will leave for Pune on Saturday evening and will leave for the temple town of Pandharpur on Sunday morning to attend the ‘Ashaadi Ekadashi’ Maha Puja. There is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini in Pandharpur of Solapur district.
It has been a long-standing tradition in Maharashtra for the chief minister of the day and his wife to attend morning prayers at the temple on ‘Ashadi Ekadashi’, a major Hindu festival. Shinde’s visit comes ahead of the July 11 hearing in the Supreme Court on a petition seeking disqualification of 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government fell last month as a result of revolt by a section of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Shinde.
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