Will Eknath Shinde's son become Deputy CM in Maharashtra?
The suspense over the post of chief minister in maharashtra continues. Meanwhile, acting chief minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde has said that I am not in the race for the post of minister. The news of me becoming the Deputy chief minister is baseless. In fact, bjp has emerged as the largest party in the maharashtra assembly elections and is staking claim to the post of Chief Minister. At the same time, Eknath Shinde's shiv sena, which is part of the Mahayuti with the bjp, has not clarified its stand on this. In such a situation, speculations are being made that if Eknath Shinde does not become the chief minister and there is a cm data-face from bjp, then his son Shrikant Shinde from shiv sena will become the Deputy CM. However, now mp Shrikant Shinde has denied this.
What did Shrikant Shinde say?
He wrote in Marathi on X, "The swearing-in ceremony of the Mahagathbandhan government has been slightly delayed and at the moment there are a lot of discussions and rumors about it. Acting chief minister Eknath Shinde went to his village for two days due to ill health and rested. Hence the rumours grew. For the last two days, this news is being given with a question mark that I will become the Deputy Chief Minister. Actually there is no truth in this and all the news about my post of Deputy chief minister is baseless.'' Shrikant Shinde said, ''After the lok sabha elections, I got a chance to become a minister in the central government. But thinking of working for the party organization, I refused the ministerial post even then. I have no desire for a position in power. Let me make it clear once again that I am not in the race for any ministerial post in the state.''
Will devendra fadnavis become CM?
According to news agency PTI, bjp sources said that devendra fadnavis, two-time chief minister and Deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led government, is leading the race for the post of Chief Minister. In the assembly elections held on november 20 in maharashtra, the alliance Mahayuti of bjp, Eknath Shinde's shiv sena and Ajit Pawar's nationalist congress party (NCP) retained power by winning 230 out of 288 seats. bjp emerged as the largest party by winning 132 seats while shiv sena won 57 and ncp won 41 seats. But the formation of the government is getting delayed as the alliance has not been able to reach a consensus on who will be the Chief Minister?