As Devendra Fadnavis Decides To Resign, An Amit Shah Intervention

Sources said Amit Shah asked the Maharashtra deputy chief minister to continue his work in the state government.

Amid reports of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis standing firm on his decision to resign, taking responsibility for the NDA's poor performance in the state, Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to him and asked him to continue his work in the government. 

Mr Fadnavis, a former chief minister, is part of the Maharashtra government with the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The undivided Shiv Sena and the BJP had won 41 of the state's 48 between them in 2019, but the new coalition - called the Mahayuti in Maharashtra - managed to get only 17 this time. 

The Maha Vikas Aghadi, consisting of the Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), has achieved victory in 30 constituencies.