Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis leaves for Japan on five-day visit

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis left for Japan on Sunday evening after being invited as a state guest by the government there reported news agency PTIDuring his five day tour of Japan Fadnavis will attend meetings and take part in investment talks in order to attract FDI to Maharashtra officials told PTIFadnavis who is accompanied by officials from the state industries department and MMRDA will visit the countrys famed bullet train and Tokyo Metro operations they addedMeanwhile Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and he were a combination that has no challenge due to their working styleHe also took a swipe at Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar after the latter claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modis assertion that he would be back to unfurl the Tricolour at the Red Fort next year on Independence Day was inspired from Fadnavis who had routinely said during the 2019 Assembly poll campaign that he would be back mi punha yaelFadnavis said the PM would address the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day next year as the entire country was standing with the latter who was working tirelessly for its citizensSpeaking at a shasan aplya daari government at your doorstep programme in Shirdi Fadnavis said We three have come together You know about the working style of Shindeji and you are also aware of me and Ajit dada We three coming together is a combination which has no challengeWithout taking the name of Sharad Pawar Fadnavis retorted Last time I said mi punha yael I will be back and I can see the terror of that statement is still there Some people are still in terror I would like to tell him one thing that when I said mi punha yael people actually brought me back but some persons betrayed usIn an apparent reference to the split in the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena after the rebellion by Eknath Shinde who went on to become CM Fadnavis said those who betrayed us we brought their party along with usThere is no reason to doubt that the people will stand with Modiji who has taken India to new heights and has worked tirelessly for the betterment of the country He will once again address the country from the Red Fort on August 15 next year the senior BJP leader assertedQuoting Ajit Pawar who was also present at the event Fadnavis brushed aside the opposition parties coming together to form an antiBJP alliance by calling them khichdi that was not worth paying attention toHe said the opposition parties will continue to talk while the state government will work transparently and tirelessly to bring about change and betterment in the lives of peopleSpeaking at the event CM Shinde said the opposition parties can continue to indulge in politics while his government will answer all allegations through its workRidiculing frequent statements from opposition parties that his government would fall or his chief ministership would go Shinde said the ruling dispensation had got stronger with Ajit Pawar joining itWith Ajit Pawar joining it his government was a triple engine one and it was ensuring Maharashtra was progressing quickly Shinde assertedAs long as the blessings of the people are with the government nothing will happen to the ruling dispensation the CM addedWith inputs from PTI