Overview

• Shinde lauded Home Minister Amit Shah’s record 2,258-day tenure and credited him with abrogating Article 370 and leading anti-terror and anti-Naxal operations.
• He highlighted that the Shiv Sena–BJP partnership has endured for 25 years and predates the formal formation of the NDA.
• The deputy chief minister pledged his faction’s unconditional support for the NDA’s candidate in the September 9 vice-presidential election following Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation.
• Shinde confirmed that the Mahayuti coalition of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP will jointly contest Maharashtra’s upcoming local body elections.
• He dismissed talk of a rift with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and announced the state government will file a Supreme Court review petition in the Mahadevi elephant relocation case.