New Delhi: Challenging the opposition to bring a no-confidence motion against the new Maharashtra government, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the state will play a major role in making Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India policy a success.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday, Fadnavis said developing infrastructure, skills, power and education to bring Maharashtra out of its agrarian crisis is his most significant challenge.

“We are committed to providing a right to service Act. Government is a service provider and it is the right of the people to get good services. We don’t want power but we want to empower people and then make them accountable for better governance," he said.

Fadnavis said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has started the process of reducing the number of approvals needed to start a business in Mumbai to help investors. “We have formed an empowered committee under the chief minister to review problems of investors every month. The government will provide assistance to investors who want to invest more than Rs.100 crore," said Fadnavis. He added that the government aims to provide 24X7 power in Maharashtra within five years.

On the crucial question of talks with estranged ally Shiv Sena, Fadnavis said that the talks were on the right direction and the results would be evident soon. He said that the BJP did not ask the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for support but didn’t refuse it either. “I have been criticised after the confidence vote...but no political party, Shiv Sena or Congress, asked for division of votes after the confidence vote," he added.

Fadnavis also said the government will probe all corruption charges against political leaders of both NCP and Congress and he would not be soft on issues related to governance of the state.

The newly appointed chief minister also clarified that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was not involved in discussions with Shiv Sena and the organisation doesn’t interfere in the affairs of the government.

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