After almost six years, Devendra Fadnavis set to return to winter assembly as CM

Nagpur: It was December 2018 when Devendra Fadnavis last entered the hallowed halls of Nagpur's Vidhan Bhavan as chief minister of Maharashtra. While he took oath as CM again in 2019, the 72-hour tenure did not leave any scope for him to attend the winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur while being in the hot seat. Finally, after a long wait of almost six years, Fadnavis will kick-off the winter session in Nagpur from December 16 while manning the top post. A close aide of Fadnavis, who was active in civic politics but did not wish to be named, said, "So many people from the then united NCP and Shiv Sena had trolled Fadnavis for the ‘Mi Punha Yein' line. I don't want to take names because both those parties are now our allies, but Fadnavis never was vindictive. He welcomed both parties into the Mahayuti, and has now led the alliance to a landslide victory." He added that Fadnavis' political temperament is what keeps him going. "In politics, people become enraged and think of revenge. Fadnavis believes in moving on and focusing his energy on positive things. The best example is that of Shiv Sena (Shinde) MLA Sanjay Gaikwad. During Covid-era, Gaikwad had made a statement that he wants to shove corona virus down Fadnavis' throat. On the same day there was a clash between BJP and Sena workers in Buldhana, where Gaikwad hails from. Now, despite of things going to such a level, Fadnavis has no ill feelings about Gaikwad who is now in Mahayuti. Anybody else would have tried to sabotage Gaikwad's political career by demanding that assembly seat for BJP," said the saffron party leader. He added that when Fadnavis enters the assembly in Nagpur, life would have come a full circle. "It really is a slap on the face of opponents who tried to put him in jail, made vague allegations and even made fun of him and his family," the leader said.
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