Maharshtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Two days after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis spoke to NDTV on a wide range of issues including alliance talks with Shiv Sena, the steps he will take to combat corruption and how he will change the face of Mumbai.
Here are the highlights:- I feel the pressure to fulfill aspirations of 11 crore people.
- I am soft-spoken but a ruthless administrator.
- I cannot play political games, straightforwardness pays.
- NCP took an unilateral decision to abstain during floor-test.
- No compromise on good governance and basic issues.
- Confident BJP will form alliance with Shiv Sena.
- Moved on from hurt of past, talks on to clear issues with Sena.
- Never asked for Sena apology for anti-Modi Saamna editorials
- 'Marathi manoos' no one's property; BJP and Sena have always been their voice
- Don't anticipate any split in the Sena, we will get together.
- No need of sanction to prosecute Netas.
- Zero tolerance for corruption.
- Government will probe irrigation and Adarsh scams on merit, no political vendetta.
- Why should sanction be required for probe against politicians?
- New law to ensure no sanction needed if there is prima facie evidence.
- Will act against the corrupt; I am not Prithviraj Chavan, I'm Devendra Fadnavis.
- Maharashtra government will cancel some UPA pre-poll sops.
- UPA government's non-starter, unnecessary pre-poll sops to be cancelled.
- Need Rs 52,000 crore to fulfill Congress sops, government will go bankrupt.
- RSS upbringing makes me live modestly, simply.
- RSS not asking to change history but to teach real history.
- Why do CBSE books have only one paragraph on Shivaji?
- Wherever necessary, Maharashtra government will give "fair space to real historical heroes"
- Those who maligned RSS failed to succeed.
- PM Narendra Modi won't remote-control Maharashtra government
- Mumbai will get CCTV cameras surveillance like Delhi
- Don't believe in moral policing, liberty defined by law.
- Ridiculous for police to fine people holding hands.
- Will change face of Mumbai, central aid to help build infrastructure.
- Will be end of Devendra Fadnavis if power goes to my head.