Mumbai, December 2 (IANS). After Mahayuti secured a huge majority in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the nine-day suspense regarding the name of the Chief Minister has ended. Sources said that Bharatiya Janata Party’s veteran leader Devendra Fadnavis, who has emerged as the largest party with 132 seats, will be the Chief Minister while Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and NCP’s Ajit Pawar will become the Deputy Chief Ministers.
According to sources, outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was ready to leave the post of CM after agreeing to the BJP high command, but was refusing to become a minister due to his resentment. Finally, after the mediation of BJP leader Girish Mahajan, he has agreed to become Deputy CM.
According to the information, Shinde may be given big ministries like Urban Development and Public Works Department while Ajit Pawar is likely to get the Finance Ministry.
The crisis of Mahayuti has been resolved after the meeting of Girish Mahajan and the request of MPs of Shinde group.
Sources said that Shinde will go to Varsha Bungalow in Mumbai from Thane on Tuesday afternoon and will perform the responsibility of acting Chief Minister for the next three days.
By Tuesday afternoon, Mahayuti leaders will go to Azad Maidan and inspect where the swearing-in ceremony is to be held on December 5.
Earlier in the day, the BJP appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as central observers for the Maharashtra Legislative Party meeting.
BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule had told that the swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra will be held on Thursday, December 5 at 5 pm at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Prime Minister Modi will participate in this program.
Apart from PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda and top leaders of the ruling NDA alliance and all the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are likely to attend.
The winter session of the state legislature is likely to be held from December 16 to 24.
‘Mahayuti’ alliance has got a huge majority in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. BJP, which is part of the grand alliance, has won 132 seats, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has won 57 seats and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has won 41 seats.
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