Decision on Maharashtra CM Soon: Devendra Fadnavis to Attend Key NDA Meet in Delhi

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Decision on Maharashtra CM Soon: With mounting suspense about the chief minister's post in Mahayuti government, BJP leader and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday came up clear on the uppermost position saying the decision with regard to it would soon be taken.

He is expected to visit the national capital in a few days where he may meet the party's top hierarchy.

Talking to reporters, he said that senior leaders are in discussion regarding the post and will come to a resolution soon.

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“The discussion on the Chief Minister’s post will get an answer soon. The leaders of all three parties will decide together. The discussions of the seniors are going on," he said.

Fadnavis said that the name of the Chief Minister will first be finalized, after which discussions will move on to the names of ministers .

The BJP leader will first be off to Sambhajinagar to attend a private function and then participate in another event in Nagpur. After that, he is expected to visit Delhi where he is likely to meet with the party's top leadership.

Everyone in the Bharatiya Janata Party wants Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister, said opposing Maharashtra BJP head Chandrashekhar Bawankule.

“The workers of the allied parties in the Mahayuti want their leaders to be the Chief Minister. The leaders of all the three parties will sit together and decide. A BJP worker never gets upset with the decision taken by the central leadership. Their decision is final. Party leaders make the right decision. The Chief Minister of Mahayuti will take oath soon. Bawankule also pointed out that when Uddhav Thackeray betrayed the BJP, it took him a month and a half to form the government," he said.

Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske affirmed that the camp is with the Mahayuti and will not break away “like Uddhav Thackeray" even if Fadnavis is made the CM.

The Mahayuti came back to power after registering a landslide win in Assembly Elections, in which it won 234 out of 288 seats, as the results were announced on November 23.

The alliance had expressed that they had been fighting the elections under the leadership of Eknath Shinde and that the decision regarding the CM post would be made after taking into account the results on the declaration of results.

Shinde, hours into the announcement of results on November 23, had said that the decision regarding the CM seat would be taken by the leaders of the alliance.

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He will stay as caretaker CM until the new government is formed after resigning as the chief minister on Tuesday. Since the term of the outgoing Assembly ended on Tuesday, it would accrue the necessity of swearing in a new government soon.

Sources said Wednesday that Shinde demanded the Home Ministry department if he was not given the post of chief minister.

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