India, Oct. 27 -- The announcement of a separate 'war room' for health schemes and the appointment of Devendra Fadnavis' trusted officer and MITRA CEO Praveen Pardeshi to head it is being perceived as the CM's tactic to yet again clip the wings of his deputy Eknath Shinde. The health portfolio is with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and headed by Shinde's MLA Prakash Abitkar, and bringing it under a separate officer is seen as infringing upon the powers of the health minister. The announcement of the war room for the integration of health services was made eight days ago.

Fadnavis and Shinde run two separate medical cells in Mantralaya to help needy patients. Shinde had been running the Shiv Sena Medical Aid Cell even before becoming Maharashtr...