Rajnath Singh defends governor in Maharastra government formation
Lucknow/UNI: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh defended the act of the state governor in inviting BJP-NCP to form the Maharashtra government on Saturday.
"It was the prerogative of the governor to invite a party to form a government," he said.
Singh , who inaugurated a Defence pension adalat here further said that he would not to comment further on this matter but 'I could only say the governor has all the rights'.
Earlier, Rajnath Singh had congratulated Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Oawar for taking oath of CM and Deputy CM of Maharastra.
In a tweet, Rajnath Singh wrote,"Congratulations to Shri @Dev_Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar on taking oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. I am extremely confident that they will jointly work for the progress and prosperity of the state."
At the Defence pension adalat, Singh also paid tributes to former servicemen and their families, and said the country was proud of them. He stated that country was indebted to our army and now a toll free number has been set up to end their problems after their retirement.
Addressing the army personnel and ex-service men at the AMC Stadium, Singh asserted, "The nation is proud of its armed forces and equally proud of its ex-servicemen, who can still discharge their duties if the need arises with same confidence. I am assured of this."
The Defence Minister visited various stalls put up at the stadium and also interacted with former servicemen and their widows.
He added that Uttar Pradesh had been the birthplace of war heroes like Abdul Hamid and Manoj Pandey, and the entire nation would remember them.
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