In comments that are likely to strain the decades-long alliance between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said, "The next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from the Shiv Sena".
He added, "Sainiks want (Shiv Sena chief) Uddhav Thackeray to be the Chief Minister".
The Sena-BJP alliance is expected to stage a political comeback in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year.
But with both parties reportedly eyeing the Chief Minister's post, cracks have begun to show in the 25-year-old alliance.
Sena leaders believe that Uddhav should be the contender for the Chief Minister's post. Under the old formula, forged when the alliance formed their first, and till date only, state government in 1995, the top post goes to a leader from the Sena.
But the BJP - which won 23 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra while the Sena won 18 - is reportedly in no mood to relent. Party leaders point out that political dynamics and ground realities have changed in the past decade.
Mr Raut's comments come in the wake of an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna that apparently took a dig at the BJP's aspirations for the top post.
"At present, a game is going on in Maharashtra: who will be the Chief Minister? No one can deny the fact that each one is gearing up to become the chief minister," said the editorial.
Equations between the allies have been further complicated by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who will contest the Assembly Elections, possibly as the party's chief ministerial candidate.
Sena workers have since been urging Uddhav to contest the Assembly elections...
He added, "Sainiks want (Shiv Sena chief) Uddhav Thackeray to be the Chief Minister".
The Sena-BJP alliance is expected to stage a political comeback in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year.
But with both parties reportedly eyeing the Chief Minister's post, cracks have begun to show in the 25-year-old alliance.
Sena leaders believe that Uddhav should be the contender for the Chief Minister's post. Under the old formula, forged when the alliance formed their first, and till date only, state government in 1995, the top post goes to a leader from the Sena.
But the BJP - which won 23 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra while the Sena won 18 - is reportedly in no mood to relent. Party leaders point out that political dynamics and ground realities have changed in the past decade.
Mr Raut's comments come in the wake of an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna that apparently took a dig at the BJP's aspirations for the top post.
"At present, a game is going on in Maharashtra: who will be the Chief Minister? No one can deny the fact that each one is gearing up to become the chief minister," said the editorial.
Equations between the allies have been further complicated by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who will contest the Assembly Elections, possibly as the party's chief ministerial candidate.
Sena workers have since been urging Uddhav to contest the Assembly elections...
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