Fadnavis was sworn and have become the chief minister for the third time on 5 December 2024. In his first time period as CM, when the BJP shared energy with the undivided Shiv Sena from 2014 to 2019, Fadnavis’ focus was extra on improvement and boosting infrastructure. His second time period as CM lasted for an embarrassing 72 hours as he tried to kind a authorities with a splinter group of the NCP led by Ajit Pawar.

Now, in his third time period as CM with an unprecedented mandate of 235 of Maharashtra’s 288 seats for the Mahayuti, with 132 simply from the BJP, Fadnavis has solely emerged stronger, maintaining his allies—the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the AJit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP)—in examine, and pushing his agenda extra assertively and aggressively.

Whereas his first 12 months did see variations with allies regardless of a gentle authorities and a historic mandate, infrastructure initiatives received a lift regardless of a pressure on funds as the federal government tried to juggle populist schemes like Ladki Bahin and axing sure such schemes and firefighting controversies round ministers.

Talking to the media on the event of 1 12 months of the federal government, cupboard minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned, “The imaginative and prescient of improvement that our chief minister Devendra Fadnavis noticed… I’m proud to say that we’ve got sorted all of the small to huge components within the state. From Gadchiroli to Mumbai, we’ve got given justice to each particular person within the state.”

Political analyst Abhay Deshpande informed ThePrint that this one 12 months has been a combined bag. “Due to the landslide mandate, on the political entrance, there received’t be any drawback on the opposition entrance. However there isn’t a communication or coordination inside the federal government and they also needed to face lot of irritation and no easy functioning,” he mentioned.

“They needed to comply with the previous sign rule, look left, look proper and go. Politically they’re okay however they’ve a monetary disaster,” he added.

Fadnavis 3.0 and his run-ins with allies

The primary 12 months of his third time period has seen Fadnavis govern with an iron fist. Similar to his first time period, he introduced again the conflict room the place he monitored the progress of main infrastructure initiatives throughout the state immediately.

Eknath Shinde, nonetheless smarting from having to let the chief minister’s job go, was steadily absent, steadily visiting his native Satara. When he was in Mumbai, the chilly conflict with Fadnavis was palpable.

Fadnavis has made it obligatory to acquire his approval for all main schemes and initiatives below the City improvement division, headed by Shinde, successfully slicing him to dimension.

Early on in his time period, he axed a contract of round Rs 3,000 crore that was given throughout Shinde-led authorities. The then well being minister Tanaji Sawant had initiated a mission for mechanised cleansing companies in government-run hospitals. However Fadnavis ended it.

He additionally issued an official notification on 17 February citing irregularities within the minimal assist value schemes for crop procurement, in addition to a evaluate of the Ladki Bahin beneficiaries as many given the cash had been discovered to be ineligible. He expressed displeasure over the city improvement division’s poor efficiency.

To date, he has discontinued at the least eight schemes began by his predecessor Shinde, together with the Anandacha Shidha, Mukhyamantri Sundar Shaala, the one rupee crop insurance coverage amongst others.

The present CM and his predecessor have clashed politically too.

Instantly after taking on, tensions between the Sena and BJP grew to become seen to all when Fadnavis introduced Girish Mahajan (BJP) and Aditi Tatkare(NCP) as guardian ministers of Nashik and Raigad, respectively. Shinde and Sena had been so upset that Fadnavis put the appointments on maintain indefinitely.

Shinde and his ministers have usually complained to Delhi about being snubbed by the BJP and Fadnavis. Final month, Shinde’s ministers boycotted the cupboard final month over reviews of BJP poaching the Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s leaders, particularly from Shinde’s dwelling turf of Thane and his son MP Shrikant’s constituency of Kalyan Dombivali.

When Shiv Sena ministers introduced this up with the CM, Fadnavis mentioned it was the Shiv Sena which was poaching BJP leaders, and if the Sena stopped, the BJP would cease too.

Fadnavis’ fashion of governance & a push for infra

One of many first issues Fadnavis did as CM was launch a 100-day programme the place each division was requested to set particular targets for ongoing schemes and outline measures to enhance supply of companies and governance. The CM even engaged the Centre’s High quality Council of India to guage the efficiency of departments.

The report mentioned, of the 48 departments, 12 had accomplished 100% of the duties assigned, whereas 18 had finished greater than 80 % of the job. The three departments—Common Administration Division, City Improvement Division and Meals and Civil Provides Division—that had carried out most poorly, had been satirically led by the three high Mahayuti leaders, CM Fadnavis, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, respectively.

After this, Fadnavis launched one other 150-day enchancment programme, that resulted in October. All departments had been requested to arrange a highway map in three phases—until 2029, until 2035 and until 2047. One of many quick duties is to go 100% on-line. The report card on this programme is but to return.

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In his first time period, Fadnavis initiated Metro initiatives within the Mumbai Metropolitan Area. He additionally conceived the plan for a Nagpur-Mumbai expressway, generally known as the Samruddhi (prosperity) Mahamarg. Now in his third stint as CM, most of those Metro initiatives are in superior levels of development. The 12 months was additionally marked by the inauguration of the primary absolutely underground Aqua line and the completion of the 701-km Nagpur Mumbai expressway.

Aside from this, eight metro strains are within the pipeline in Mumbai, and 32 km of the section 2 of the Pune Metro and 44 km of the section 2 in Nagpur are being deliberate.

The Navi Mumbai airport, the plan for which was conceived in 1997, was additionally inaugurated within the first 12 months of the Mahayuti authorities, with operations on the first of the 4 terminals scheduled to start this month.

Apart from, the Fadnavis authorities is engaged on the formidable Vadhvan Port, and Shaktipeeth (Nagpur to Goa) expressway. Regardless of staunch opposition from farmers in addition to politicians from the Kolhapur district, the CM has vowed to take the Shaktipeeth mission forward.

Legislation and order

Helming the house division, which he had saved with himself even throughout his first stint as CM, Fadnavis tried to turn into the face of the Maharashtra authorities’s crackdown in opposition to Naxalism within the Gadchiroli district, a transfer that has earned him accolades even from the rival Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.

In step with Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s name to finish Naxalism within the nation by March 2026, Fadnavis personally took up the position of the guardian minister of the district and began the brand new 12 months in 2025 by touring to Gadchiroli.

Senior Maoist chief Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu Bhupati surrendered in October and Fadnavis himself went to Gadchiroli for it.

Talking to reporters in Gadchiroli, Fadnavis mentioned, “It was his want to give up within the presence of the CM. When our seniors informed me, I mentioned even when he calls me to the jungle I’m prepared to go, however it will likely be higher if he surrenders right here. So I cancelled all my different programmes and instantly got here right here.”

Fadnavis has been keenly thinking about Gadchiroli for the reason that Mahayuti authorities got here to energy for the primary time. Since 2022, when the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities collapsed and the BJP-led Mahayuti took cost of the state, 47 initiatives and investments value Rs 1.23 lakh crore have come to the Vidarbha area.

The Kalyani Group has invested Rs 5,000 crore within the space in defence, metal, and EV batteries. Lloyds Metals has invested Rs 40,000 crore to develop metal plant and different models over the subsequent 5 years in Gadchiroli.

Nonetheless, there have been a number of legislation and order points that rocked the Mahayuti authorities in its first 12 months. Within the very first month, the federal government discovered itself on the centre of an argument over the homicide of BJP sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Beed district. Thickening the plot, NCP minister Dhananjay Munde’s vast Walmik Karad was arrested within the case for alleged involvement. Munde was finally requested to resign as cupboard minister in March 2025.

Final month, Ajit Pawar himself was in hassle over a Pune land deal involving his son Parth Pawar. Although Fadnavis later gave his deputy a clear chit, Ajit Pawar was pressured to provide a proof concerning his no affiliation within the deal.

Amadea Enterprises, co-owned by Parth Pawar, purchased land in Mundhwa for Rs 300 crore, allegedly beneath the market worth of Rs 1,800 crore, with out paying the stamp responsibility in Could this 12 months.

Different then Munde and Parth Pawar, there have been corruption allegations in opposition to ministers too. Shiv Sena ministers Sanjay Shirsat, Yogesh Kadam, Sanjay Gaikwad had been accused of corruption and misconduct.

A video went viral with Sanjay Shirsat subsequent to a bag of money, Yogesh Kadam’s mom had alleged hyperlinks to an unlawful dance bar, whereas Sanjay Gaikwad was concerned in a fist combat over stale meals served on the state visitor home.

Manikrao Kokate, once more from the NCP, needed to resign as agriculture minister after he was caught enjoying on-line card sport contained in the meeting. He additionally made controversial statements on farmers, saying even a beggar doesn’t take Re 1 as alms, however right here, the state was giving crop insurance coverage at Re 1. He was finally shifted to the sports activities ministry.

Monetary constraints

Certainly one of Fadnavis’ greatest challenges was the state’s stability sheet due to the monetary constraints.

The outgo for Ladki Bahin scheme, began earlier than the meeting elections, the place eligible girls would get Rs 1,500 month-to-month, has put stress on different schemes. To pay the SC beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme, Rs 500 crore was diverted from the social justice division, which left Shiv Sena chief and social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat fuming.

Furthermore, the federal government is but to extend the quantity to every Ladki Bahin beneficiary to Rs 2,100 per thirty days, as promised within the manifesto.

There have additionally been delays in funds to contractors resulting in chaos and stalling of sure schemes just like the Shiv Bhojan thali, a Shiv Sena manifesto promise.

Compounding the scenario, the floods through the monsoon and unseasonal rain have led to farmer misery within the state, with over 800 farmer suicides in a single 12 months, in accordance with the federal government information. The federal government has introduced a Rs 31,268 crore reduction bundle for farmers, which is at present ready for the Centre’s nod.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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