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Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis (PTI file photo)
Fadnavis, on June 5, offered to resign from his post of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, taking responsibility for the party’s disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha Polls
Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday dismissed all rumours regarding his resignation from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and said, “I am not going to run away and I have not taken any decision out of my emotions, but I have some strategy in my mind.”
Revealing the reasons over his decision to resign, the Deputy Chief Minister said, “I had led the BJP in this Lok Sabha election, so I said I am responsible for this defeat. I had asked to be allowed to leave my post so that I could work at the grassroots for the Vidhan Sabha elections. But the top leadership showed faith in me.”
“Some people thought that I was disappointed, but I am not going to run away. Our inspiration is Chhatrapati Shivaji. I have not taken any emotional decision, I have a strategy in mind,” Fadnavis added while addressing the meeting of BJP MLA, MLCs at Vasant Smruti in Dadar Mumbai.
Fadnavis’ comments came a day after he met Amit Shah on Friday, after an NDA meeting in which Narendra Modi was chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), paving the way for his third straight term as Prime Minister.
It has been learnt that Shah asked Fadnavis to continue working for the Maharashtra government and begin preparations for the Assembly election in the state, scheduled to take place around October.
Speaking about his meeting with the home minister, the Deputy Chief Minister said, “I met Amit Shah, I am not going to sit quietly for even a minute.”
Notably, Fadnavis, on June 5, offered to resign from his post of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, taking responsibility for the party’s disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha Polls.
Fadnavis On What Went Wrong In Lok Sabha Polls
Highlighting the several instances on what might have affected the BJP’s count in the Lok Sabha election 2024, Fadnavis acknowledged that the statements of several ruling party’s leaders claiming that NDA was aiming for 400 Lok Sabha seats to be able to amend the Constitution had hurt the party.
“A narrative was prepared in the Dalit and tribal society. PM Modi worshipped the Constitution before being elected the leader of the NDA,” the Maharashtra leader said.
Notably, the BJP’s numbers were reduced to nine Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra from 23 in the 2019 general elections. The INDIA bloc’s performance in the state was one of the reasons the BJP was reduced to 240 seats from its tally of 303 in 2019. The NDA, however, won 293 Lok Sabha seats, comfortably over the majority mark of 272.