Who will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra? This has been a topic of discussion for a long time. However, now the suspense regarding the new CM is over. NCP leader Ajit Pawar has cleared the picture of the formation of the new government in Maharashtra. He said that the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and there will be two Deputy Chief Ministers from other components of the ruling 'Mahayuti'.

Deputy Chief Ministers will be from two other parties of Mahayuti

On Saturday, Ajit Pawar was in the city to meet 95-year-old social activist Dr Baba Adhav, who had led protests against the alleged misuse of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.

When Ajit Pawar was asked who would be the Chief Minister of the state, he said, the state will have a Chief Minister from the BJP and two Deputy Chief Ministers from two other parties of the Mahayuti. The swearing-in ceremony will likely take place on December 5. We have decided to move forward with a strong vision.

Who will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

BJP's Maharashtra unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday announced that the new Mahayuti government will be sworn in on December 5 evening at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Though the name of the chief minister has not been announced yet, BJP sources said Devendra Fadnavis is the front-runner. Fadnavis has been the chief minister twice and was the deputy chief minister in the previous Eknath Shinde-led government.

What were the results ofthe  Maharashtra Assembly elections?

In the assembly elections held on November 20 in Maharashtra, the alliance 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.

At the same time, the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has suffered a major setback in the elections. Congress performed its worst in the state assembly elections and won only 16 seats. Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP) won only 10 seats, while Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) won 20 seats.