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CM will be from...: Ajit Pawar reveals Mahayuti formula

Source: PTI   -  Edited By: Hemant Waje
Last updated on: November 30, 2024 20:17 IST
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The next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the Bharatiya Janata Party and there will be two deputy chief ministers from other Mahayuti constituents, Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar said here on Saturday.

IMAGE: Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his two deputies Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. Photograph: @AjitPawarSpeaks/X

The Mahayuti, which comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, and NCP headed by Ajit Pawar, registered a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections. By winning 132 seats, the BJP emerged as the single largest party, while Shiv Sena and NCP won 57 and 41 seats respectively.

However, government formation has been delayed and suspense over the next CM continues.

 

Ajit Pawar was in Pune to meet 95-year-old social activist Dr Baba Adhav, who held a protest against the alleged misuse of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the recent Maharashtra assembly polls.

When asked who will be the chief minister of the state, Pawar said, "The state will have one chief minister from BJP and two deputies from other two parties of Mahayuti. Tentatively, the oath taking ceremony will take place on December 5. We have decided to move ahead with a strong vision."

State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday evening announced that the new Mahayuti government will be sworn in at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on the evening of December 5 in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence.

While there was no announcement yet on who would be the chief minister, BJP sources said Devendra Fadnavis, who has been chief minister twice and was deputy CM in the last Eknath Shinde-led government, was the frontrunner for the top post.

Ajit Pawar was another deputy CM in the Shinde-led government.

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