Devendra Fadnavis regime earns ‘DF government’ tag due to NCP leader's influence

MUMBAI: A rose by another name may smell as sweet but babus and voters of Maharashtra definitely would not have dreamt that a different regime by the same initials would look almost identical. It is too early to judge the Devendra Fadnavis regime but it has already earned the ‘ DF government’ tag at the Mantralaya among babus not just because the initials of the CM are the same as the previous coalition government’s official name ( Democratic Front) but because of the influence NCP leader Sharad Pawar seems to have on it.

Most MLAs and activists of NCP are going around Mantralaya with the same confidence they had when their government was in power! BJP CM now depends on NCP support just like the Congress CM depended earlier.

“We see a sudden change in the NCP MLAs body language. Since yesterday, they are going around in government offices as if they are back in power. They were subdued after the poll results and thought that it would be difficult for them to dominate but after the trust vote made it clear that BJP government would depend on NCP at least for the next few months, NCP MLAs are aggressive as earlier,” said a babu.

Yet another common factor at the Mantralaya is the state government’s dependence on the ‘high command’ in New Delhi for orders and decisions.

“The Prithviraj Chavan government was targeted by the opposition for its dependence on the high command in Delhi. Opposition claimed all important decisions were taken in Delhi and that caused delay but now BJP government in Maharashtra is exactly in the same state. The Fadnavis government is taking all instructions and directions from either party high command or the Prime Minister’s Office. So everything is being ordered from Delhi,” the babu added. The the only people who seem to have got it right are Nota voters.