Maharashtra NDA lead𝔍ers are expected to meet the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Thursday. The existing formula of one chief minister and two deputy chief ministers representing the three major 'Mahayuti' constituents is likely to be followed by the new government as well.
Amid the ongoing chaos over the next CM face of the state following Mahayuti's resounding poll victory in the 2024 assembly elections, the BJP is tipped to get the chief ministerial post while🃏 its two allies, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde Faction) and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction), are expected to occupy the post of two deputies.
Speculations are rife that Eknath Shinde may swap his position with Devendra Fadnavis while Ajit Pawar will continue♛ as one of the two deputy chief ministers.
Will abide by BJP's decision: Shinde
Clearing air over speculations of discontent within the alliance for him for not getting a second term, the Shiv Sena leader and outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today said🦄, "Nobody is annoyed. We have worked as Mahayuti. Our Shiv Sena will fully support the BJP’s decision to name the next Maharashtra CM. There is no s▨peed breaker from our side.”
"I called PM Modi yesterday and also Amit Shah and told them to decide (on who will be the CM post), and assured them that I will abide by whatever decision🤡 they take,𒁃” Shinde told reporters, as per PTI.
Echoing similar sentiment, Fadnavis also said, "(Eknath) Shinde Saheb, (Deputy CM and NCP leader) Ajitdada Pawar and I are together. There is no𝓡 dispute in the Mahayuti alliance. Before the elections, we had said that all decisions would be taken jointly with our senior leadership. We will take joint decisions."
Shiv Sena MPs on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The delegation was led by Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav, Ravindra Waikar, Sandipan Bhumare, Shrirang Appa Barne, Milind Deora, Dhairyasheel Mane and former Lok Sabha member Rahul Shewale.
However, the final decisions are likౠely to be taken in the meeting between the BJP leadership and Shinde alongside his outgoing deputies Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday.
BJP pressurised Shinde: Congress leader Nana Patole
Despite the tone of unity between Fadnavis and Shinde, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday alleged that the BJP's central leadership pressured Eknath Shinde to give up his claim on the👍 chief minister's post.
Addressing a press conferen🌊ce, Patole said, "The BJP's central leadership pressured Shinde to give up his claim on the CM post. It is condemnable to keep Maharashtra waiting (in terms of government formation)."
Mahayuti's landslide victory is 2024 polls
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance scripted a landslide win in the state assembly election💛s by w🐟inning 230 seats in the 288-member House.
Recovering from its Lok Sabha election losses, the BJP bagged 132 constituencies followed by Sena with 57 seats and the NCP with 41 seats, as they decimated the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, inflicting on the C🦂ongress its worst-ever defeat in the state.
