On the Mahayuti side, Shiv Sena MLA and party spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat said the assembly elections were contested with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the face.Voters have shown their preference for Shinde through voting. I think it is Shinde’s right (to be the next CM) and we are confident that he will be the next CM, Shirsat said.BJP leader Pravin Darekar batted for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the top post.I think if anyone from the BJP is becoming the CM then it will be Devendra Fadnavis, he said.NCP leader Amol Mitkari pushed the name of his party chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar for the coveted job.Whatever the results, the NCP will be the kingmaker, Mitkari said.Asked about the CM face, Fadnavis maintained all three Mahayuti parties will sit together and take a “good decision”.Speaking to reporters separately, BJP leader Darekar claimed the Mahayuti will form the next government, dismissing the possibility of the MVA coming to power, and said the opposition bloc was plagued by internal rifts.The people of Maharashtra have given a clear mandate. The Chief Minister will be from the Mahayuti, not the MVA, and certainly not the Congress, he asserted.Highlighting divisions within the MVA, Darekar said, Congress MP Praniti Shinde and her father and former CM Sushilkumar Shinde supported an independent candidate against Uddhav Thackeray’s nominee in a constituency in Solapur district.These internal rifts expose a lack of unity.How can parties without internal coherence decide on a Chief Minister?” The BJP leader said Patole’s aspirations to become chief minister were nothing but “Mungerilal ke haseen sapne” (daydreaming).
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