One chief minister, many super chief ministers in Maharashtra, says Devendra Fadnavis

NAGPUR: A day after the embarrassment faced by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over lifting of restrictions, leader of opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Friday slammed its constituents stating that there seems to be many super chief ministers in the government though only one (Uddhav Thackeray) has been named as chief minister.
On the confusion created by state relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar’s statement on lifting of restrictions from districts not in the red zone from Friday, which was later denied by the CM’s office, Fadnavis said every minister in the MVA considers himself to be the CM and makes such hasty announcements to take credit that often leads to such confusion.
“In any government, only the CM has the powers to take a policy decision. In some cases, he appoints a minister, but the latter toes the former’s line. In the MVA government, all ministers interact with the media, except the CM. They make an announcement and later say the CM will officially declare it. The CM needs to instil discipline in his ministers. Major policy decisions should be communicated directly to the people. There’s a complete lack of coordination between the MVA constituents,” said Fadnavis.
Responding to Fadnavis’ charges, Wadettiwar said the opposition is doing its job of flaying the government, but none of the coalition partners is hungry to take credit. He also added that the notification regarding lifting of restrictions from the districts not in the red zone would be issued by Friday afternoon, but again it wasn’t released by the CMO till the filing of this report. “The draft is ready and is currently being looked at by the CMO,” he said.
MPCC president Nana Patole also came out in support of his fellow minister, stating that the latter was right in making announcements related to his department, but ultimately, the CM authorises those decisions being the head of the government.
“The citizens of Maharashtra are apprehensive about either succumbing to the deadly virus or losing their livelihood. Therefore, any decision taken has to be a balance one. It takes time as precautions need to be taken so that the virus does not spread again. Our government cares for people unlike the Modi government which has shrugged off its responsibilities and put the onus on the states,” said Patole.
Refuting the opposition leader’s charges regarding lack of coordination among the three coalition partners, the former speaker said that Fadnavis should check the BJP government’s records regrading its ministers making statements. “Even you will know who was the super CM during their (BJP) tenure. We will soon come out with a foolproof standard operating procedure (SOP),” said Patole.