Addressing a press conference in Mumbai after the state cabinet meeting, Devendra Fadnavis said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given all the clearances for the project.
Fadnavis, who was chief minister of the BJP-led government from 2014 to 2019, had to accept the deputy CM s post on the insistence of the party high command after the BJP backed Shiv Sena rebel Shinde for the top post.
The visit of Shinde and Fadnavis to the national capital comes ahead of a crucial hearing in the Supreme Court on July 11 on a petition filed by the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of Shinde and 15 MLAs of his faction.
Devendra Fadnavis, who is also visiting Delhi to meet key BJP leaders, said: My party made me CM earlier. Now, as per the need of the party, we have abided by the party s decision. Eknath Shinde is our leader and CM. We ll work under him. The injustice was undone and our natural alliance was revive