Mahayuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to be the next chief minister.
In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) retained power, pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 assembly seats. The BJP emerged as the single largest party, winning 132 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 57 and NCP with 41 seats.
However, even after the announcement of poll results a week ago (on November 23), the formation of the government has been delayed as the tripartite alliance is yet to decide on who will be the next chief minister.
Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis and Pawar met BJP president J P Nadda and Union minister Amit Shah on Thursday to discuss on the formation of the next government in the State.
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who was the chief minister twice and deputy chief minister in the last government, is the frontrunner for the top post, the leader said.
Caretaker CM Shinde has made it clear that he will fully support BJP leadership’s decision to name the next CM, and that he won’t be a hurdle in the process, while Ajit Pawar-led NCP has backed Fadnavis for the chief minister’s post.
swearing In ceremony of the new government will most probably take place on 5th of December.