A day before the core committee meeting of leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday met BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the possibility of a State Cabinet expansion and appointment of new State and Mumbai unit chiefs of the party.
On Friday, the State BJP core committee is scheduled to meet at the CM’s residence to convey the outcome of the meeting with Mr. Shah, following which another meeting of State party leaders with the central leadership has been planned in Delhi on June 9.
“I will meet Amit Shahji on various issues. We are going in for a cabinet expansion in Maharashtra and that too will be discussed with him. We are also meeting on June 9, and then too, we will be discussing this issue,” Mr. Fadnavis said, before meeting Mr. Shah in Delhi.