He further added that the BJP leadership in the meeting said that as it won 132 seats, it will be unfair if the next CM was not from the party. “Shinde then asked for the home, finance and revenue portfolios to balance the power in the state if Fadnavis is elevated as chief minister. He said that he would then decide whom to make the deputy chief minister. Shah subsequently directed all three leaders of Mahayuti to meet again in Mumbai and get back to him,” said the source.Shinde further said if these three portfolios could not be given to the Sena, then his party will not be part of the government. “He said that the Shiv Sena will extend outside support in the state and the seven Lok Sabha MPs of the party will also support the Narendra Modi government from outside for the larger Hindutva cause,” added the source. Meanwhile, Shinde, Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were scheduled to meet in Mumbai on Friday to discuss the power sharing formula but Shinde skipped this meeting and went to his village in Satara where he usually heads whenever there is a political twist in the state.
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