Eknath shinde resigns from Maha Lop post
6 Dec 2014 12:24 AM GMT
Nearly a month after staking claim to the Leader of Opposition’s (LoP) post in the Maharashtra Assembly, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Friday resigned from the post.
Shinde, who is likely get a position in the state cabinet at the swearing-in ceremony on Friday, submitted his resignation letter to the Principal Secretary of Vidhan Bhavan Anant Kalse. Cornered by the BJP, and Congress eying the space of the principal opposition party in the Assembly, Shiv Sena was on November 10 forced to stake claim for the LoP’s post in the newly elected 288-member House.
The party, which won 63 seats after calling off its 25-year-old alliance with BJP in Maharashtra just a few days ahead of Assembly polls, was left with no option after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) reiterated its stand to support the BJP-led government. Shinde, after assuming the post of LoP, toured the drought-hit regions of Marathwada and Vidarbha along with other Sena MLAs and demanded a relief package for the farmers from the state government.
Shinde, who is likely get a position in the state cabinet at the swearing-in ceremony on Friday, submitted his resignation letter to the Principal Secretary of Vidhan Bhavan Anant Kalse. Cornered by the BJP, and Congress eying the space of the principal opposition party in the Assembly, Shiv Sena was on November 10 forced to stake claim for the LoP’s post in the newly elected 288-member House.
The party, which won 63 seats after calling off its 25-year-old alliance with BJP in Maharashtra just a few days ahead of Assembly polls, was left with no option after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) reiterated its stand to support the BJP-led government. Shinde, after assuming the post of LoP, toured the drought-hit regions of Marathwada and Vidarbha along with other Sena MLAs and demanded a relief package for the farmers from the state government.
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