Maharashtra: Mahayuti govt wins trust vote in Assembly

Five days after assuming office, the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday comfortably won a confidence vote in the state assembly. The trust motion, tabled by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by a voice vote on the last day of the three-day special assembly session. Some opposition members were absent when the trust motion was approved in the assembly. They included Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray.
Since the BJP-led alliance secured 230 seats in the 288-member lower house, the floor test was a fait accompli, with the Opposition Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena “boycott” of the event being the only note of dissent. Since the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP Mahayuti coalition has an overwhelming majority of 230 seats in the 288-member state assembly, well above the majority mark of 144 seats, the floor test was a mere formality.
On December 4, when Governor C P Radhakrishnan handed Fadnavis the letter inviting him to form the government, he had stipulated in the document that the BJP leader must clear the trust motion in the House in 21 days, sources said. Speaker Rahul Narwekar, elected unopposed for a second straight term earlier in the day, announced that the trust motion has been approved by the newly constituted House.
Earlier,Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan said the state government has commenced the recruitment process to fill 1.53 lakh vacant posts to enhance employment opportunities for the youth. Addressing a joint session of the state legislature in Mumbai, the Governor said that till now 78,309 posts have been filled.The state government has also started the process to fill up 6,931 vacant posts in 17 cadres under the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA) on honorarium basis subject to the decision of the Supreme Court, he said.The state government has tied up with the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany in February, 2024 for supply of 10,000 skilled manpower, he said.