As a Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance preps to form government in Maharashtra, newly-elected BJP MLA Ram Satpute on Wednesday predicted that the coalition would not last long and Devendra Fadnavis would be back.
"We will work as a good opposition under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis. This government will be only there for a few days. This government is of Jayachandon (a character in Mahabharata referring to betrayal) and will not continue for many days," Mr Satpute told news agency ANI.
Maharashtra MLAs were sworn in today over a month after the state election. The BJP's Kalidas Kolambkar, as Pro-Tem or interim Speaker, presided over the oaths.
On Tuesday, Devendra Fadnavis resigned as Maharashtra Chief Minister just four days after taking oath in a controversial swearing-in. The sudden and unannounced government formation was challenged by the Sena-NCP-Congress combine in the Supreme Court, which ordered Mr Fadnavis to take an immediate trust vote and prove his majority.
Later in the evening, the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and staked claim to form the government in Maharashtra, following which the Governor announced that Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as the Chief Minister on Thursday.
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