The Shiv Sena has secured as many as 18 seats in the Lok Sabha, making it the second largest party in the NDA.
Sources say the Sena was seeking another portfolio be clubbed with the department allocated, preferably power. Geete had a long meeting with Uddhav.
Assembly elections are due in Maharashtra later this year and the BJP and Sena hope to replicate their success in the general election and overthrow the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government that has ruled the state for over a decade.
Anant Geete finally takes charge of Heavy Industries Ministry
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Anant Geete finally took charge of Heavy Industries Ministry this morning."We have taken over office. The ministry has an important role to play. There is competition worldwide and it is
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