Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], After Shiv Sena's Pratap Jadhav was sworn in as Minister of State (MoS) under the newly elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, party leader Shrikant Shinde dismissed speculations that the party was upset. Gave. He confirmed his support to the alliance. He said the party supports the NDA "unconditionally".

“We have already made it clear that we are giving unconditional support to the government. This country wants and needs the leadership of Prime Minister Modi ji.There is no bargaining or negotiation for power. We have given unconditional support to an ideological alliance. We want a Prime Minister. Speaking to ANI, Shinde said, Minister Modi will carry forward the noble cause of nation building. The party, all the MLAs and MPs are sincerely committed to the NDA.

Earlier today, Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne said that being an old ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA, Shiv Sena should have been given a place in the cabinet."Shiv Sena is an old ally of BJP-NDA. Yesterday, Shiv Sena got a minister of state seat, but I feel the party should have got a place in the cabinet like Majhi ji and Kumaraswamy ji's parties. This was our expectation. However "This is my own opinion, not that of the party", Barney told ANI.

Shiv Sena leader Jadhav took oath as Minister of State (Independent Charge) on Sunday.There was speculation that the party was upset over the minister of state post as she was seeking a cabinet seat under the Narendra Modi-led government.

NDA's ally Shiv Sena got seven seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections. On the other hand, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP and NCP secured nine and one seat respectively, taking the alliance's total to 17.

Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), another ally in the NDA, has also demanded a cabinet post. Expressing dissatisfaction ahead of Modi's swearing-in ceremony, the NCP rejected the alliance's offer to hand over the post of minister of state to party leader Praful Patel, calling it a "demotion"."Praful Patel has served as a cabinet minister in the central government and hence we did not find it right to have a minister of state with independent charge," party chief Ajit Pawar said at a press conference on Sunday.

During the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Patel was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Pawar said his party would wait until the BJP changes its proposal to its ally and rejected its proposal for a minister of state with independent charge.

The NCP chief said, "So we told them (BJP) that we are ready to wait for a few days, but we want a cabinet ministry. They said okay and we rejected their proposal of a minister of state with independent charge." done.,

Earlier, NCP leader Praful Patel had said on Sunday that accepting the post of Minister of State with Independent Charge in the Union Cabinet would be considered a demotion for him, as he was earlier a Cabinet Minister in the Central Government.

Meanwhile, President of India Draupadi Murmu appointed Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India on June 9 in a grand swearing-in ceremony attended by the BJP and its 30 cabinet ministers, 36 MoS, 5 MoS (Independent Charge). Allies are joining the party-led NDA government.