The next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the BJP. The BJP led Mahayuti alliance defeated the Congress Thackrey Sena Sharad Pawar NCP in last week’s Maharashtra Assembly election.
New Delhi: The next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from the Bhartiya Janta Party. He will be backed by two deputies drawn, most likely, from Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction, and that of Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, sources told NDTV Wednesday evening.
The arrangement mirrors the deal three had leading up to this election, expect the BJP has the upper hand now-after a dominant victory last week. The saffron party thumped the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the rival alliance of the congress and the Uddhav Thackrey . Sharad Pawar factions of the sena and NCP, winning 132 (of 288) Assembly seats on its own and 235 with its allies.
While the new Chief Minister has not yet been named, the smart money appears to be on the BJP. Devendra Fadnavis, who held the post between 2014 and 2019, and for few days again in November. The 2019 Assembly election, after Ajit Pawar’s first attempted rebellion. Under the earlier deal, Mr Shinde was the Chief Minister and Mr Fadnavis a former Chief Minister.
An ocean of speculation and suggestion has surrounded the BJP led Mahayuti alliance. Since it became apparent Saturday mid-morning as votes were being counted, that they would win. Once victory was confirmed both Mr Shinde and Mr Fadnavis down talk of a race for the Chief Minister’s Post.
“There will be no dispute. It was decided from day one that, after the election, the leaders of the three parties will sit together and decide. ”Mr Fadnavis told reporters, while Mr Shinde said. “we fought the election together and all three parties will sit together and take this decision.
