BJP unethically captured Maharashtra with money, muscle power: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh

After rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the Deputy Chief Minister Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh slammed the BJP alleging that the party unethically destabilizes democratically elected governmentsThe Congress leader alleged that the BJP has undemocratically and unethically captured yet another state government through the naked display of money and muscle power BJP wants to capture power at any cost either directly or through remote control What happened in Maharashtra is shameful for Indian democracySince 2014 Ramesh said the prime focus of the BJP has been to bring down elected governments in states rather than serve the public The offices of the Governors and Speakers and agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation are being openly misused he allegedBuying MLAs has become so commonplace that the Finance Minister blurted out the truth today when she suggested the imposition of GST on horse trading he said Ramesh alleged that BJP can go to any extent to win elections from misuse of money power to polarization and violence Despite using all these tactics if the voters reject them then they start hatching conspiracies to topple elected governmentsRefering to Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh the former union minister said that in the year 2016 the BJP brought down the Congress government in Uttarakhand in a similar way The government that was elected for five years was reduced to a minority in four years by engineering defections The same year in Arunachal Pradesh 43 out of 44 Congress MLAs were made to defect to the BJPbacked Front Peoples Party of Arunachal under the leadership of Chief Minister Pema Khandu he allegedThe Congress party had become the single largest party by winning 28 out of 60 seats in the 2017 assembly elections in Manipur The BJP had only 21 seats but the Congress was not given a chance by the Governor to prove its majority A similar modus operandi was carried out in Bihar in the year 2017 The BJP unethically toppled the Mahagathbandhan government that lasted 20 months Ramesh alleged He further pointed out the toppling of the CongressJDS government in Karnataka in 2019The senior Congress leader said in the month of March 2020 as the COVID19 had entered the country after wreaking havoc elsewhere a political conspiracy was being hatched in Madhya Pradesh The world was preparing to deal with the challenge of Coronavirus but the BJP government was busy capturing elected governmentsIn June 2020 he said 8 MLAs of Gujarat Congress were made to join BJP only for the purpose of winning Rajya Sabha elections In 2021 a similar story was repeated in Puducherry Even before the assembly elections the BJP toppled the Congress government in the state he stated In Rajasthan BJP tried to mislead 19 Congress MLAs but their machinations failed and the Congress government continues to serve the people of RajasthanWe strongly condemn the way BJP is destabilizing both democratically elected governments and democratically installed governments This is not only an insult to democracy but also an insult to the people who voted against the ideology of BJP he added Meanwhile on Thursday evening Eknath Shinde who led a revolt against Shiv Sena leading to the collapse of the 31monthold Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government took oath as the Chief Minister of MaharashtraHe was administered the oath by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took an oath as Deputy Chief Minister After taking the oath Shinde and Fadnavis held the first cabinet meeting of the new government in Mumbai yesterday Fadnavis who was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 201419 announced at a joint press conference in Mumbai on Thursday that Eknath Shinde will be the new CM Fadnavis also announced at the press conference that he will not be part of the governmentLater Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a tweet that Fadnavis has decided to be part of the new government in Maharashtra in the interest of the people of the state after a word from BJP chief JP Nadda and congratulated him for his decision He said in a tweet that Fadnavis has shown a big heart and the decision reflects his true dedication and attitude of service towards MaharashtraOn the word of BJP chief JP Nadda Devendra Fadnavis showing a big heart has decided to be part of the government in the interest of Maharashtra and the people of the state This decision reflects his true dedication and attitude of service towards Maharashtra I congratulate him from the bottom of my heart Amit Shah saidUddhav Thackerays resignation as Chief Minister on Wednesday came days after Shinde led a rebellion with at least 39 Shiv Sena MLAsAt a press conference with Fadnavis yesterday Shinde said the decision taken is committed to Bal Thackerays Hindutva and for development work in the constituencies of the 50 MLAs supporting himA total of 50 MLAs are with us including 40 MLAs from Shiv SenaWe have fought this battle so far with their helpI will not let even a scratch mar the trust that these 50 people have placed in me let alone break that trust Shinde said The decision that we have taken is committed to Balasahebs Hindutva and for the development work in the constituencies of our MLAs We have 50 MLAs with us he added The Shiv Sena leader further said that though BJP has 120 MLAs Fadnavis did not take up the post of Chief MinisterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever