Fadnavis to meet Amit Shah in Delhi today as Maharashtra impasse continues
New Delhi, Nov 04: Amid an impasse on government formation in Maharashtra due to a tussle between allies BJP and Shiv Sena and unseasonal rains destroying crops, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will head to Delhi on Monday to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The BJP won 105 seats in the Assembly polls, results of which were declared on October 24, while the Sena got 56.
However, the two parties, which fought the polls in the alliance, have got caught in a stalemate over the chief minister's post, with the Sena demanding an equal division of the top post's tenure and the BJP rejecting it.
Sources,
however,
said
the
meeting
with
Shah
will
be
to
discuss
aid
from
the
National
Disaster
Relief
Fund
(NDRF)
to
farmers
affected
by
unseasonal
rains
across
the
state.
While
the
state
government
announced
a
Rs
10,000
crore
package
for
affected
farmers,
ally
Sena
as
well
as
opposition
Congress
and
NCP
called
it
inadequate
considering
the
several
lakh
hectares
of
crops
that
have
been
damaged.
Maharashtra Assembly term ends on Nov 9: Fadnavis to stake claim by Wednesday
The
state
government
had
earlier
put
the
crop
area
damaged
at
54.22
lakh
hectares.
Incidentally,
earlier
in
the
day,
the
Sena's
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Sanjay
Raut
had
raised
the
"mysterious
silence"
of
Shah,
who
heads
the
BJP,
on
the
deadlock
over
formation
of
the
government.
The term of the current Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ends on November 9.