Devendra Fadnavis offers to resign as Maharashtra deputy CM after BJP’s Lok Sabha setback in state
The National Democratic Alliance as a whole secured 17 of the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party won 9 seats.
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday offered to resign as the Maharashtra deputy chief minister and accepted responsibility for the setback his party had suffered in the state in the Lok Sabha election.
“I take complete responsibility for whatever losses the BJP suffered in Maharashtra,” Fadnavis said at a press conference in Mumbai. “I will request the BJP’s senior leadership to relieve me of my responsibilities in the government so that I can allocate all my time to the party’s work ahead of the Assembly election.”
However, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in a statement issued to the media, said that the National Democratic Alliance’s loss of seats was a collective responsibility. He said that the BJP, the Shiv Sena group that he leads and the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had worked together in the election.
Shinde added that he would speak to Fadnavis soon. “We have worked together in the past and we will keep on working in the future,” he said.
The BJP suffered substantial losses in Maharashtra in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha election, winning just 9 out of the state’s 48 seats. The National Democratic Alliance as a whole secured 17 seats in the state, with the Shiv Sena group...
