Devendra Fadnavis was the Maharashtra chief minister in our mind even if he held the position of deputy chief minister, said Navneet Rana, the independent MP from Amravati.
According to a report of Indian Express, For us, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Delhi and our Devendra Fadnavis is in the state. Wherever he goes, to Goa or Gujarat, he (Fadnavis) fights for justice. Only you can develop Maharashtra. We should stand by him. Everyone thinks you are the deputy chief minister.
But seeing the scope of your work and the way you do the work for all of us, we all wish we feel that you are our chief minister. In our mind, you are the chief minister. There is no doubt about it, Rana said at a BJP rally where Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrasekhar Bawankule were also present.
Rana’s statement may give fodder to Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders who have been saying that even if Eknath Shinde is the chief minister, Fadnavis is the one who calls the shots in the government led by the BJP and Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction.