Mahayuti leaders, BJP leadership to decide on Maharashtra's next CM: Bawankule

The BJP-led Mahayuti retained power in the state by bagging 230 of the 288 Assembly seats

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Mumbai, Updated At : 03:12 PM Nov 24, 2024 IST

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis offers sweets to state BJP in-charge Chandrashekhar Bawankule after party's win in the Assembly elections in Mumbai on November 23, 2024. PTI

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said the Mahayuti leaders and BJP leadership would decide who would be the next Chief Minister of the state.

Bawankule also said the people of Maharashtra had rejected the Congress, noting that its state unit chief Nana Patole won by a margin of just around 200 votes.

The BJP-led Mahayuti, which also comprises the Shiv Sena of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and NCP of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, on Saturday retained power in the state by bagging 230 of the 288 Assembly seats.

The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream of wresting power fizzled, with the Opposition managing to garner just 46 seats.

Bawankule here said all sections of the society supported the BJP in the Maharashtra Assembly poll. On the issue of the next CM of the state, he said the Mahayuti leaders and the BJP leadership would decide on it.

He also said the Congress' lies were to blame for no party getting enough seats to stake claim for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.

The Mahayuti's landslide in Maharashtra will leave the state Assembly without a Leader of Opposition as no party outside the ruling alliance had been able to get the mandatory minimum 29 seats.

Bawankule also said the Maharashtra BJP would begin a drive to enroll 1.51 crore new primary members.