Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after being elected leader of the BJP Legislative Party and chosen as Maharashtra’s new Chief Minister. At the BJP gathering, where he was unanimously elected, Fadnavis raised the party’s slogan, “Ek hai toh safe hai” and “Modi hai to mumkin hai”.

“I thank everyone from the legislative party that you all chose me unanimously. I thank our central observers Vijay Rupani and Nirmala Sitharaman also. As you all know these were historic elections and these elections have proved that ‘Ek hai toh safe hai’ and ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’. We have restarted our series of victories with Haryana and now Maharashtra has given such a thumping mandate that I completely bow down before the Maharashtra voters. I also thank CM Eknath Shidne and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and our other allies,” said Fadnavis as quoted ANI.

Mumbai: After being unanimously elected as the Leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party, Devendra Fadnavis says "…I want to tell you all that in the next days few, there will be things of our wish and a few things will be against our wishes but we all have to work in the… pic.twitter.com/kdLFgDktbj

— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2024

The BJP cleared Fadnavis’s name for the top post in Maharashtra after a delay of over 10 days following the Mahayuti alliance’s landslide victory on November 23, securing more than 230 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.

The Mahayuti alliance held discussions to finalize the framework of the coalition government. While Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde had initially staked a claim to the CM position, citing the BJP’s arrangement in Bihar, he later agreed to support the BJP’s choice.

Today, Maharashtra’s caretaker CM Eknath Shinde, along with former Deputy CMs Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, is scheduled to meet Governor CP Radhakrishnan to formally stake their claim to form the new government.

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