<p>Amravati: Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/eknath-shinde">Eknath Shinde</a> on Wednesday said he was the "pilot" and Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were "co-pilots" when the "development aircraft" of the previous Mahayuti government took off.</p>.<p>The Shiv Sena president was speaking after the inauguration of an airport and a commercial passenger flight service in Amravati city of eastern Maharashtra.</p>.Alliance woes? Not really, claim Maha Yuti leaders as Eknath Shinde meets Amit Shah again.<p>Chief Minister Fadnavis and Pawar were also present.</p>.<p>The work of the Amravati airport started when Fadnavis was chief minister during 2014- 2019 but it came to a halt when the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition came to power in 2019, Shinde claimed.</p>.<p>When a "people's government" (Maha Yuti government led by him) came to power in 2022, the construction of the airport got completed speedily, he said.</p>.<p>Several projects, welfare schemes had been shut down and development had stalled before the Mahayuti government came, Shinde claimed in a veiled jibe at the MVA regime headed by Uddhav Thackeray.</p>.<p>"When development and welfare schemes took off, I was the pilot of the aircraft and Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were co-pilots. Now, Fadnavis is the pilot and the two of us are co-pilots. The pilot has changed now, but the 'development aircraft' is the same and we are moving forward at the same speed," he added.</p>
<p>Amravati: Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/eknath-shinde">Eknath Shinde</a> on Wednesday said he was the "pilot" and Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were "co-pilots" when the "development aircraft" of the previous Mahayuti government took off.</p>.<p>The Shiv Sena president was speaking after the inauguration of an airport and a commercial passenger flight service in Amravati city of eastern Maharashtra.</p>.Alliance woes? Not really, claim Maha Yuti leaders as Eknath Shinde meets Amit Shah again.<p>Chief Minister Fadnavis and Pawar were also present.</p>.<p>The work of the Amravati airport started when Fadnavis was chief minister during 2014- 2019 but it came to a halt when the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition came to power in 2019, Shinde claimed.</p>.<p>When a "people's government" (Maha Yuti government led by him) came to power in 2022, the construction of the airport got completed speedily, he said.</p>.<p>Several projects, welfare schemes had been shut down and development had stalled before the Mahayuti government came, Shinde claimed in a veiled jibe at the MVA regime headed by Uddhav Thackeray.</p>.<p>"When development and welfare schemes took off, I was the pilot of the aircraft and Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were co-pilots. Now, Fadnavis is the pilot and the two of us are co-pilots. The pilot has changed now, but the 'development aircraft' is the same and we are moving forward at the same speed," he added.</p>