Sena, NCP, Congress to decide portfolio-sharing in 2 days: Balasaheb Thorat
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday said the sharing of portfolios among the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in the next state government will be finalised in a couple of days.
The 'Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi', comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress along with some small parties and Independents, has decided to stake claim for government formation in the state after the BJP-led government collapsed on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters after taking oath as member of the 14th state Assembly on Wednesday, Thorat, the Congress Legislature Party leader in the House, said, "The ratio of portfolio-sharing will be finalised in next two days. The number of Cabinet and Minister of State (MoS) posts to be given to each party will also be finalised in next two days."
The NCP has announced that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray would be the next chief minister of Maharashtra.
He will be sworn in CM on Thursday evening at Shivaji Park in Dadar, the place where his party holds traditional Dussehra rally each year.
Thackeray is currently not a member of any House in the state legislature.
Asked whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi or party leader Rahul Gandhi would attend Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony, Thorat said, "Nothing has been finalised so far on this." He also said that there will be more clarity on some issues, like speaker of the Assembly, after a couple of days.
Asked about rumours that he may be appointed the deputy chief minister, Thorat said, "I am not aware of any such possibility so far. I can't comment on any such speculation."
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Suhas Shetty murder: Police file cases against two for sharing provocative content on social media
Mangaluru: City police have filed two separate cases against two individuals who were found to have uploaded posts on social media with provocative content in connection with the recent murder of rowdy-sheeter Suhas Shetty in Bajpe.
City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal said that police officers found provocative and inflammatory content shared on the handles of two Instagram ‘profiles’, VHP Bhajarang Dal Ashoknagar and Shankhanada, as per a report in Deccan Herald. The posts included photographs of Shetty to give rise to communal disharmony and also unlawful activities.
The suspect was identified as Manish Kumar of Ashokangar. Urwa Police, who have registered a case, are interrogating Kumar.
In the second instance, a man, identified as Hasan Bava from Kinnipadavu in the city, was allegedly circulating a misleading narrative suggesting that Shetty was killed to cover another murder committed near Kudupu temple and masterminded by the associate of a legislator.
A WhatsApp group was also formed to spread this false narrative that the rowdy-sheeter was murdered with a political motive, with the BJP aiming at diverting public attention from mob lynching.
A case has been filed at Kavoor Police Station and Hasan Bava is under interrogation as a part of the investigation.
