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Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the Maharashtra Chief MInister on November 28.
Mumbai:
More than two weeks after Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the Chief Minister, the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government in Maharashtra finally arrived at an understanding on portfolio distribution. The Shiv Sena – of which Mr Thackeray is the chief – will get the Home and Urban Development portfolios as part of the arrangement while Finance and Housing will go to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. The Congress will get the Revenue portfolio.
The BJP and Shiv Sena had contested the polls together and won a majority in the November assembly elections, but cracks began emerging in the alliance after Uddhav Thackeray refused to play second fiddle and demanded rotational chief ministership. The Shiv Sena walked out of the 30-year-old alliance after the BJP refused to budge, joining hands with the Congress and the NCP.
After a period of hectic political activity during which the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis swore in as the Chief Minister and resigned days later, 59-year-old Uddhav Thackeray finally took oath along with six ministers in a star-studded ceremony at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on November 28. However, the question of portfolio allocation continued to hang ominously over the alliance.
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