Maharashtra New CM: Who will become the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the big victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections? The suspense regarding this continues even on the third day. The tenure of the 14th State Assembly is ending today. Meanwhile, current Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde reached Raj Bhavan today and submitted his resignation to Governor CP Radhakrishnan. Shinde will remain as acting Chief Minister till the new leader takes oath. The tenure of the current government is ending today and during the resignation, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were also with Shinde.
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Meanwhile, all eyes are on who will occupy the CM’s chair and BJP MLAs are in favor of Fadnavis. While state BJP sources claimed that the party leadership in Delhi has approved Fadnavis’ name as CM, a Shiv Sena source said, “There has been no consultation with us about making Fadnavis the CM.” And our party has not yet agreed on any name for the CM. The swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister is likely to take place on December 1. Along with the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister, 20 MLAs will be sworn in as cabinet ministers. 10 BJP MLAs will be given a place in the cabinet, while six MLAs from Shinde Sena and four from NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) will also play the role of ministers.
Who will get the command of Maharashtra? Suspense continues
CM Shinde has resigned from the post of Chief Minister. But the BJP-led alliance has not yet taken a final decision on who will get the top post. However, BJP leaders want former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to become the Chief Minister, while Shiv Sena MLAs are encouraging Shinde to continue in the post. There are discussions in political circles that Ajit Pawar led NCP has decided to support Fadnavis.
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In the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly, BJP has 132 MLAs, Shiv Sena has 57 and NCP has 41. This means that the BJP needs only one of its two allies to reach the magic figure of 145 in the 288-member Assembly. Due to this, Eknath Shinde has very few chances to bargain for the post of Chief Minister.
While the BJP leadership is deliberating over who will get the big post, a group of Shiv Sena leaders had planned to gather outside Varsha, the chief minister’s official bungalow, in an apparent show of strength for Eknath Shinde. As a. But the Shiv Sena chief intervened and asked him not to do so. Through a post on social media platform X, he said that after the big victory of the Mahayuti alliance, our government will be formed once again in the state. We fought the elections together as a grand alliance and are together even today. Because of their love for me, some people have appealed to everyone to come together and come to Mumbai. I am very grateful for your love. But I appeal that no one should come together in my support like this.”
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Amidst this suspense, Shiv Sena spokesperson Naresh Mhaske, citing ‘Bihar Model’, said that Eknath Shinde should remain the Chief Minister, even if BJP has more seats in the Assembly. Shiv Sena spokesperson said in a statement that we feel Shinde should be the Chief Minister, just like the BJP in Bihar did not pay attention to the numbers and still made JDU leader Nitish Kumar the Chief Minister. Senior leaders of Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra will take the final decision on this. He also gave the example of Haryana, where BJP chose the current Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini.
However, BJP’s Pravin Darekar said that people have given mandate to Devendra Fadnavis. The people of Maharashtra stand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Praveen Darekar expressed hope that Fadnavis should become the Chief Minister. Maharashtra needs a smart and learned leader. He kept the alliance together, gave candidates to our allies and even backed down when necessary. He has always maintained coordination. It is believed that BJP’s ideological organization RSS has played an important role in the victory of Maharashtra. RSS also supports Fadnavis, the MLA elected from Nagpur South-West. It is believed that RSS will celebrate its centenary next year and wants a BJP Chief Minister.
