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Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Revenue minister and former state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule has been appointed Maharashtra election in-charge for local and civic bodies.
This decision was taken in a meeting held in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The appointment of Minister Bawankule was announced today by State President Ravindra Chavan.
Minister Bawankule said, “We will win all the elections in Maharashtra with a two-thirds majority by getting 51 per cent votes through Mahayuti. I am confident that the BJP-Mahayuthi will win with a huge majority in all the municipal corporations, all the district councils and municipalities and nagar panchayats in the state.”
A meeting of the district in-charges appointed for Maharashtra local body elections was held in Mumbai on Tuesday morning in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis under the chairmanship of State President MLA Ravindra Chavan. A release issued by Minister Bawankule’s office said the party’s national co-organization minister Shivprakash, organization ministers from different parts of the state, general secretary and cabinet ministers attended the meeting.
In the meeting that lasted for three hours, division-wise presentation of all the elections in the state was given. The Chief Minister gave clear instructions to the district in-charges to focus as much as possible on the grand alliance and not to criticize the allies. Minister Bawankule said that efforts will be made to maintain coordination in the grand alliance.
He said, “There will be a committee of three ministers in each district for this coordination. In this, three ministers, one from BJP, one from Shiv Sena and one from NCP, will work as coordinators. The BJP will ensure that there is no disagreement or division anywhere between the partners in the grand alliance.”
The BJP’s move to make Revenue Minister Bawankule the state in-charge for local and municipal elections is significant as Bawankule has been credited with the party’s stellar performance under CM Fadnavis in the state assembly elections held last year. He was the then state party chief.
Moreover, Minister Bawankule’s appointment comes amid Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visit to Maharashtra in which he had said that he was not happy with the double engine government and asked party workers to strive for a triple engine government in the state by winning local and civic body elections after the state assembly elections.
–IANS
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