From Nagpur corporator to Maharashtra CM

TONES DOWN DIVISION: Shiv Sena has been consistently opposing division of Maharashtra to create Vidarbha state. However, Fadnavis toned down his pro-Vidarbha rhetoric during the Assembly poll campaign when BJP was accused by Sena of contemplating splitting the state if voted to power, saying though the party favoured smaller states for administrative efficiency, creation of new states was withDe purview of the Centre.