Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday unanimously elected Devendra Fadnavis as the leader of its legislature party in Maharashtra, virtually paving the way for his appointment as the Chief Minister of the state for a third term.
Fadnavis name was proposed by senior party leaders Chandrakant Patil and Sudhir Mungatiwar at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs. The meeting was held in Mumbai in the presence of the BJP’s central observers Vijay Rupani and Nirmala Sitharaman.
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State BJP Chief statement
State BJP Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that they all fought a historical election under the leadership of Devendra Fadanvis and won a historic mandate for the Mahayuti alliance.
"We are committed to taking Maharashtra to the number one position with the help of PM Modi. We should thank crores of the people of Maharashtra that we contested 149 seats and won 132 which is the highest in history. Our allies also won 57 and 41 seats. 7 MLAs have also given support to us so we will have 237 Mahayuti members in this Assembly," Bawankule said. (with Agency inputs)
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