Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will form the next government. Speaking to reporters on his arrival here, Shinde said the NDA has won a majority in the Lok Sabha elections and the next government will be formed under the leadership of Modi.
The Shiv Sena led by Shinde won seven seats in the Lok Sabha and is considered a key ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre. “I have not come here to ask for anything, I have come here to support Modiji,” he said in response to questions about the portfolios the Shiv Sena is seeking in the new Union Cabinet.
He said Modi has a plan for the development of the country, which has been successfully implemented in the last 10 years, while the only agenda of the opposition alliance was to remove Modi.
Shinde said, “The opposition had only one agenda…Remove Modi. They (opposition) used to talk about removing Modi, but the people of the country have stopped them from coming to power. People have shown them their place.”
On former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s remark that opposition alliance ‘India’ should explore the possibility of forming a government, Shinde said, “Those who do not have the numbers are dreaming of forming a government. It is like ‘Mungerilal ke haseen sapne’ (Mungerilal ke haseen sapne).”
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