Ajit Pawar not in race for CM’s post, says state NCP chief Sunil Tatkare

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde submitted his resignation to Governor C P Radhakrishnan astatine the Raj Bhavan connected Tuesday and volition proceed arsenic the caretaker main curate until the caller authorities is formed. Though the Mahayuti is yet to denote its main minister, the NCP led by Ajit Pawar has already indicated that Devendra Fadnavis is its preferred prime implicit Shinde.

Since 2004, Ajit Pawar has served arsenic lawman main curate nether Congress and Shiv Sena main ministers. In 2019, helium was a lawman main curate for conscionable 48 hours nether past main curate Fadnavis.

However, Tatkare said the NCP fertile and record wanted Pawar to beryllium the main minister. “He has already been elected arsenic the legislature enactment leader…Our MLAs, leaders and workers are pitching for him arsenic the main curate similar the BJP and Shiv Sena workers are demanding the station for their leaders. The last determination volition beryllium taken by leaders of each 3 parties,” helium added.

At the legislature enactment gathering wherever Pawar was elected leader, the recently elected MLAs favoured Fadnavis arsenic the adjacent main minister. “We person conveyed this to the BJP’s nationalist leadership,” an NCP spokesperson said.