Hubballi, November 2: Senior Congress leader and MLC CM Ibrahim said that the ruling BJP has no will power to solve Ayodhya issue.

Speaking to reporters here on Friday, he said that the BJP leaders have been asking votes in the name of Ram Mandir. Just constructing temples and masjids was not a religion, he said.

"We don't have any objections to construct Ram Mandir. Cows are being worshipped in Uttar Pradesh where BJP is ruling. What about in Goa where BJP is ruling? The present political situation is stopped to the low level. After Narendra Modi led government came to power, the export of beef was increased considerably. Many BJP leaders owned slaughter companies", he alleged.

The people in the country would give befitting reply to the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Congress-JDS coalition candidates would win in the by-election to the three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in the state, he exuded confidence.

In Karnataka, the coalition would win all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the next election. There was no BJP in Ramanagara constituency. Instead of Ram Mandir, Narendra Modi has been thinking more about the wives of Muslims, he ridiculed.

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Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra government has ordered that all files will now go through Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde before being presented to CM Devendra Fadnavis for approval.

The moves seeks to revive an arrangement which existed in 2023 of files being vetted by the then two deputy CMs --Ajit Pawar and Fadnavis -- before being forwarded to then CM Shinde.

State Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik issued an order to this effect on March 18. "Since July 26, 2023, files were moved from Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance department, to (then) Deputy CM Fadnavis, who held the home, law and judiciary departments before being sent to (then) CM Shinde for approval," as per the order.

This arrangement was made after Pawar, who was then leader of opposition in the state assembly, joined the Shinde-led government along with a several NCP MLAs on July 2, 2023.

Now, with Fadnavis taking charge as chief minister, following the victory of the Mahayuti (comprising BJP, Shinde's Shiv Sena and Pawar-led NCP) in the state polls last year, the arrangement has been changed.

All files will be routed from Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who continues to hold the finance department, to Eknath Shinde, who is also the deputy CM and holds housing and urban development portfolios.

The files will be sent to Fadnavis after Shinde's approval, as per the latest order.

Since the Mahayuti 2.0 took over, there has been speculation of a "cold war" between Shinde and Fadnavis. Both the leaders have strongly denied the speculation.

There have been disagreements over the guardian minister posts of some districts. Fadnavis had to revoke his decision on the appointment of guardian ministers of Nashik and Raigad districts after objections from Shinde.