Devendra Fadnavis set to be Maharashtra’s 19th CM

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, October 28, 2014:  BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. He is the first BJP leader to become the chief minister of Maharashtra. The decision on his appointment was taken at the BJP legislature party meeting on Tuesday in Mumbai.

Fadnavis, who is also the state BJP chief, was elected for the CM’s post in the presence of the central observers, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and party general secretary JP Nadda.

On October 20, Fadnavis won the Maharashtra Assembly polls handsomely from Nagpur South West constituency and was tipped for the post. But bids for the CM’s post from former Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Eknath Khadse, and Parli constituency winner Pankaja Munde added a twist to the race. BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, who’s also from Vidarbha, was also in contention for the post till he opted out saying he wanted to continue his work at the Centre.

Fadnavis, 44, will be sworn in as the chief minister at a grand swearing-in ceremony on Friday, October 31, at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede stadium.