Srikant Shinde – an MP of Shiv Sena said that he is not interest for taking up the ministerial position at the Centre. Srikant has been elected from the Kalyan parliamentary constituency, consecutively for the third time.
Srikant said, “If asked by the Chief minister whether I want to become a minister, I will decline. I am more interested in doing party work and building it”. He added, “I want to see how the party can grow. In the Lok Sabha polls, in just two years since the party split, we have got very good results in Mumbai also and outside Mumbai also. Out of 19% Shiv Sena vote share, we got 14.5% vote share. People have shown faith in us and those who left Balasaheb’s ideology got only 4.5% vote share. In the days to come, even this vote share will come to us in the assembly polls”.
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— Dr Shrikant Lata Eknath Shinde (@DrSEShinde) June 9, 2024
Shiv Sena is in alliance with NDA (National democratic Alliance). Despite the demand of his party members insisting him to take up a ministerial role at the Centre, Shinde choose their party members to be roles as they (party members) have worked equally hard. Shinde says he would coordinate with the MPs of Shiv Sena to establish a good governance in Maharashtra. Srikant is expected to nominate MP Barne for cabinet and MP Pratap Rao Jadhav- Minister of State in the Union Cabinet. Shiv Sena do not have any of its minister at the Centre till date.
MP Naresh Mhaske, from Thane said that the party workers wanted Srikant to join Union Cabinet and become the Union Minister. MP Dhairyasheel from Hatkanangale also put up the same demand.
Eknath Shinde- father of Srikant Shinde won 7 seats in Maharashta in the Lok Sabha elections whose results were declared on June 4. NDA gets the majority.
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