'We're Not Like Uddhav': Eknath Shinde's MP Drops Big Hint On Maharashtra CM Post

Last Updated:November 27, 2024, 13:46 IST

Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has said the Shinde camp is open to accepting Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra's chief minister if decided by the Mahayuti alliance.

Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde (Photo: PTI)

Amid reports suggesting Eknath Shinde has demanded the Home Ministry department, Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has said his camp would accept Devendra Fadnavis as the chief minister of Maharashtra if the same is decided by Mahayuti.

“We are not Uddhav Thackeray who will go away if we are not given the chief minister post," Mhaske said on Wednesday.

“We will accept the decision that is taken by Mahayuti and will accept Devendra Fadnavis as our leader of so decided," he said, adding, “Eknath Shinde is not upset."

Mhaske’s remarks were in reference to the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections, when the BJP and Shiv Sena, then united under the Democratic Alliance (NDA), had secured a comprehensive victory to retain power in the state winning 161 seats after a five-year term under Devendra Fadnavis.

However, Uddhav’s Shiv Sena, which had won only 56 seats compared to the BJP’s 105, claimed that the then BJP chief Amit Shah had agreed on rotational chief ministership for the two parties.

Later, Shah denied all such claims and said no such agreement was ever made.

As the rift over the issue widened, Shiv Sena severed its ties with the BJP and formed a post-poll alliance with ist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (present MVA) and was later made the Chief Minister of the state.

MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT FORMATION

Eknath Shinde resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Tuesday, paving the way for the appointment of a new government.

Accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, Shinde met Governor CP Radhakrishnan earlier in the day to officially submit his resignation.

Following this, the Governor requested Shinde to continue in a caretaker role until the new Chief Minister is sworn in. The outgoing assembly’s term concluded on Tuesday, adding urgency to the transition process.

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