Delay in Maharashtra govt formation 'insult' to the state: Aaditya Thackeray

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday claimed the Mahayutis inability to decide on a chief minister and Maharashtra government formation more than a week after the announcement of assembly poll results was an insult to Maharashtra reported news agency PTIIn a post on X Thackeray also asked why Presidents rule has not yet been enforced in the stateTargeting the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP which is the largest constituent of the Mahayuti Thackeray claimed that to declare the swearingin date unilaterally without even staking claim to form government is pure anarchyThe Mahayuti alliance of the BJP Shiv Sena and NCP retained power with a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections the results of which were announced on November 23The oathtaking ceremony of the new Mahayuti government will take place on December 5 evening and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend it state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on SaturdayThere has been no announcement yet on who would be the chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis who has been chief minister twice and was deputy CM in the last Eknath Shindeled government was the frontrunner for the post according to BJP sources reported PTIMaharashtras caretaker Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde headed to his native village Dare in Satara district on Friday amid speculation that he was not happy with the way the new state government was shaping upHitting out at the Mahayuti Thackeray in a post on X said To not be able to decide on a chief minister and form government for more than a week after result day is not just an insult to Maharashtra for taking our state so lightly but also to the assistance provided by their dearest Election Commission Thackeray saidIt seems that rules only apply to the opposition parties and not for some special ones the Shiv Sena UBT legislature party leader said in his postTo declare the swearing in date unilaterally without even staking claim to form government and show numbers to the Honble Governor is pure anarchy he claimedAnd in all this the caretaker cm is on a mini vacation as per the phase of the moon as weve regularly observed earlier too Thackeray saidIn the meanwhile Maharashtra seems like no priority for those who could form government Theyre enjoying their Delhi trips he said sarcasticallyPresidential rule Shouldnt it have been in place by now Wouldnt it have been had the opposition had the numbers with a decision pending asked the Sena UBT leader who retained his Worli seat in Mumbai in the recentlyconcluded assembly pollsWith inputs from PTI