The BJP needs Maharashtra to retain its strength in Parliament. With 48 seats second only to Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 seats the western state has been making the BJP nervous since the 2019 assembly elections when it failed to get a majority on its own
The Shinde-Fadnavis government faced a major embarrassment as due to delays in the cabinet expansion it was forced to delegate powers to the department secretaries to hold hearings on urgent matters pertaining to revenue, rural development, cooperation and general administration departments to avoid further inconvenience to the people.