Jayant Patil of NCP and BalaSaheb Thorat of Congress to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra: Sources
MUMBAI| On Tuesday Soon after Ajit Pawar resign from his post of Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis who took oath along with Ajit Pawar also resign hour after following Pawar decision. Uddhav Thackeray the party president of ShivSena is the new face for the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to sworn in tomorrow.
Speculation to believe Uddhav Thackeray, is the choice of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance, the “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi”, and is likely to be elected its leader in a meeting in the evening.
Sources say he will have a deputy each from the Congress and the NCP. NCP will have Jayant Patil and Congress holds Balasaheb Thorat as a face for Deputy.
After the registration of Devendra Fadnavis, ShivSena leader Sanjay Raut gave confirmation, “Ajit Dada (Ajit Pawar) has resigned and he is with us. Uddhav Thackeray will be the chief minister of Maharashtra for five years”.
“Uddhav Thackeray will be elected the leader of the three parties to stake claim for government formation at the evening meeting scheduled to be held at a Trident hotel. The three parties will submit a joint statement to the governor to stake claim for government formation,” said Mr. Raut.
Uddhav Thackeray, the chief of the Shiv Sena, has never been in the government and has not contested elections either. His son Aaditya Thackeray was the first of the Thackeray clan to ever contest elections and win. The Shiv Sena will return to power after a gap of 20 years.
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The party broke up with the BJP, its partner of over 30 years, as it remained firm on its demand for rotational chief ministership. After splitting with the pre-poll alliance, the Shiv Sena opened talks with ideological rivals NCP and Congress.
The three parties held several meeting over 11 days but reached closer to power only on Friday evening as they declared after their first joint meeting that they would form an alliance headed by Uddhav Thackeray. But hours later, they were flummoxed as Devendra Fadnavis took oath, with NCP’s Ajit Pawar as his deputy.
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