L J Ravi 
Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis elected as Maharashtra Chief Minister; Announcement in Core Committee meeting Devendra Fadnavis has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The decision has been made in the BJP Core Committee meeting. Only the official announcement is pending, and the oath-taking ceremony is likely to be held on December 5. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has been elected, and a decision has been made in this regard in the BJP Core Committee meeting. .
The election of the Maharashtra BJP Legislature Party leader was held in Mumbai on Wednesday. The election of the BJPLP leader will be held in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who have been appointed as observers, and the name has been formally announced after the meeting. The Maharashtra CM election remains a mystery, and curiosity is increasing as time passes about who will take oath as the Chief Minister. Meanwhile, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis met Eknath Shinde at his Mumbai residence on Tuesday. Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde have held talks, ending the ongoing crisis over the chief minister’s post in the Mahayuti alliance. After lengthy talks, Eknath Shinde has reportedly agreed to take oath as the deputy chief minister.
The BJP has confirmed that the new Chief Minister will take oath at 5 pm on December 5 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other important leaders are expected to attend the event. Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony are already underway. Immediately after the oath-taking, the cabinet will be shared between the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP. With this, a grand alliance government comprising the BJP, Shinde faction’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP will come to power. In the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, the BJP has won 132 seats, Shiv Sena 57 and NCP 41 seats.
