Mumbai: The Congress, along with the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena, will defeat the BJP in trust vote in Maharashtra, Congress’s Ahmed Patel said on Saturday as he accused the rival party of foul play after it retained power in the state on Saturday morning.
BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister in the early hours of Saturday, with a deputy, Ajit Pawar, whose Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had just hours ago pledged support to a Shiv Sena-led alliance along with the Congress.
Dismissing claims that the Congress delayed the process of government formation in the state, the 70-year-old Congress leader said: “Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in this morning conspicuously. No one had a clue. Only three-four reporters were invited.”
“Anyone who is saying that Congress is in any way at fault is making personal comments and we do not wish to reply to them. The party will decide what to do,” he added.
“We three (NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress) will come together to defeat the BJP in the vote of confidence,” the Congress leader told reporters this afternoon.
