Shiv Sena has sent its Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai’s name to be included in the Modi Cabinet
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena on Saturday appeared to have resolved their differences with the latter deciding to nominate its Rajya Sabha member Anil Desai to be included in the Narendra Modi government on Sunday.
After blowing hot and cold over the last few days, Shiva Sena also looked agreeable to accepting a power-sharing arrangement in Maharashtra.
“Uddhavji (Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray) had initially decided that we will not recommend any name to be included in the Modi Cabinet unless talks at the state level reach a conclusion. “But now since the talks are finally in a conclusive mode, we have changed our stand. Our leader has decided to recommend Anil Desai’s name so he can be included in the Cabinet tomorrow,” a Sena MP told PTI on condition of anonymity.
He said the party leadership will decide the second name to be included in the Modi Ministry by evening.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had on Thursday asked Shiv Sena to recommend two names to be included in the Union government and the party had said it would be forwarding those the next day.
However, with back channel talks failing to resolve issues between the two parties over power-sharing in Maharashtra, Uddhav had appeared disinclined to nominate any leader to be included in the Union government.
The Shiv Sena MP said talks between the estranged former allies in Maharashtra had reached a ‘conclusive stage’ and a decision on supporting the BJP government during the trust vote scheduled for 12th November will be taken by the party chief on Sunday.
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