Uddhav Thackeray preps for Maharashtra lead role

November 26, 2019 18:49

Uddhav Thackeray will be Maharashtra's new chief minister, a senior leader of his Shiv Sena announced today after rapid changes triggered by a Supreme Court order to the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority in a floor test tomorrow.

MLAs from the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena have arrived at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai where Thackeray will be selected to head the alliance.

Sources say he will have a deputy each from the Congress and the NCP. The two names in circulation for Deputy Chief Minister are Balasaheb Thorat (Congress) and Jayant Patil (NCP).

"Uddhav Thackeray will be elected the leader of the three parties to stake claim for government formation at the evening meeting scheduled to be held at a hotel. The three parties will submit a joint statement to the governor to stake claim for government formation," Sanjay Raut.

Uddhav Thackeray, the chief of the Shiv Sena, has never been in the government and has not contested elections either. His son Aaditya Thackeray was the first of the Thackeray clan to ever contest elections and win.

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