Mumbai: Shiv Sena on today announced its supremo Uddhav Thackeray as the party’s CM candidate in Assembly polls to be held later this year. Raut expressed confidence that the Shiv Sena will get complete majority on its own.
Ek hi naam hai Maharashtra ke CM ke liye, Uddhav Thackeray (There is only one name for the post of Maharashtra CM – Uddhav Thackeray),” Sanjay Raut said news agency.
Denying any seat-sharing agreement with ally BJP, Raut said that the CM would be from Shiv Sena and that Uddhav will lead the next government. The announcement came after a two-day party conclave.
The announcement may spoil Shiv Sena’s ties with BJP, which is asking for more seats from Uddhav Thackeray’s party for the upcoming Assembly Elections.
Earlier this month, while addressing the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC), Uddhav Thackeray had stopped short of declaring his candidature as Maharashtra’s next chief minister.
I may become chief minister of the state, but this is not the place and time to speak about it as the media might give some different spin to it, Thackeray had said.
However, the BJP had claimed that the CM candidate is yet to be decided. “The alliance has still not decided who the CM will be. Shiv Sena would contest 169 seats, leaving only 119 for BJP.
Last month, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, 45, had declared that he would not only contest the Assembly Elections, but also head the government, if his party was voted to power.
Bureau Report
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