Mumbai:
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
alliance, have got caught in a stalemate over the chief minister’s post, with
the Sena demanding 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 an 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.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 government. The term of the current Maharashtra Legislative
Assembly ends on November 9. (PTI)
