Delay in the swearing-in ceremony of the Maharashtra chief minister has raised speculations around cracks in the Mahayuti coalition after it registered a landmark victory in the state assembly polls. Days after caretaker CM Eknath Shinde went to his village citing health issues, his son Shrikant Shinde reacted to speculations about him becoming deputy CM.
The Shiv Sena leader on Monday rejected the rumours around him becoming the deputy CM of Maharashtra.
“So the rumors flourished. The news that I will be the Deputy Chief Minister is being given with question marks for the last two days. As a matter of fact there is no truth in it and all the news about my post as Deputy Chief Minister is baseless and baseless,” Shrikant wrote in a post on X.
He made it clear that he is not planning to take any ministerial position in the state or in centre and said that he is willing to work for the party.
“Even after the Lok Sabha elections, I had a chance to become a minister in the central government. But thinking of working for the party organization, I refused the ministerial post even then. I have no desire for a position in power. I make it clear once again that I am not in the race for any ministerial position in the state. Netane will work only for my Lok Sabha constituency and Shiv Sena,” read the post, originally shared in Marathi.
