A resolution to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad will be approved at the upcoming cabinet meeting

On Friday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied that the Shiv Sena-BJP government had overturned the Maha Vikas Aghadi government's decision to rename Aurangabad, Osmanabad, and Navi Mumbai International Airport after farmers' leader DB Patil. The decision was made in the last cabinet meeting on June 29. However, both claimed in separate statements that the MVA cabinet's decision, particularly after the Governor had ordered a floor test, was unlawful.

 

As a result, the decision will be made legally in the following cabinet after the necessary procedural formalities have been completed. Fadnavis did not provide a date for the cabinet meeting, despite Shinde's claim that it would take place on Saturday. However, CM Eknath Shinde was questioned by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who asked him if Aurangzeb was a relative. The new administration, which had pledged to strictly support Hindutva, "has not delivered on its promises," claimed Raut, branding the current leadership "anti-Maharashtra."

 

"The Thackeray government took the decisions of renaming in the last cabinet when the government was in minority, and they were illegal," said Shinde. We'll make a fresh decision at the cabinet meeting tomorrow morning. According to Fadnavis, the new administration plans to rename Aurangabad, Osmanabad, and the Navi Mumbai airport in honour of DB Patil. "The rule and custom are that the Cabinet is not to make any significant decisions when the Governor orders a trust vote. The MVA administration renamed Aurangabad Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad Dharashiv, and Navi Mumbai Airport after DB Patil during the previous cabinet.

 

After losing its majority, MVA retained control of the cabinet and made a decision that was against the rules and procedures established," he continued. He questioned, "Why did the MVA government wait until the last cabinet to make the decision after two and a half years?" Fadnavis asserted (while referencing Shinde and the revolt of 9 ministers) that the MVA had lost the majority and was also without a majority in the state cabinet. "Some ministers opposed the renaming, while others supported it but expressed their support in different ways after the cabinet meeting. So, whose decision was that exactly?" he questioned. According to Fadnavis, the state government plans to rename these two towns as well as the Navi Mumbai airport. The issue will be discussed by the government's cabinet, which has already prevailed in the floor test, he said.

 

 

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