Days after the governing Mahayuti alliance won a resounding win in the assembly election, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde resigned as Maharashtra’s chief minister on Tuesday. Amidst the uncertainty surrounding the next chief minister of the state, he resigned.
Shinde met with Governor C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday morning and submitted his resignation. Until a new chief minister is sworn in, the governor requested Shinde to serve as interim chief minister.
The Shiv Sena chief was accompanied by his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. The term of the Maharashtra assembly ends on November 26.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena supremo Eknath Shinde are reportedly vying for the top political position of Maharashtra. The BJP’s claim for the post of the chief minister was bolstered by its performance in the assembly election as it emerged as the single-largest party; it won 132 of the 148 seats it contested.
BJP’s ally Shiv Sena won 57 seats whereas Ajit Pawar’s National Congress Party won 41 seats. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a major setback. The Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Uddhav Thackeray, won only 20 seats, Congress managed 16, and the NCP(SP) led by Sharad Pawar won just 10 seats.
While demanding the coveted post, Shiv Sena cited NDA’s political arrangement in Bihar, where Nitish Kumar is the chief minister of the state despite the BJP’s ‘big brother’ status in the coalition.
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Source: HT
