An NCP spokesperson said the party already elected Ajit Pawar as the CLP leader and he would be the party's first choice for the deputy chief minister's post.

Amid brewing speculation regarding the leadership of Maharashtra's next government, NCP leader Ajit Pawar has stated that the next Chief Minister will be from the Bhartiya Janata Party. Pawar's statement on Saturday comes at a time when discussions regarding government formation in the state have been delayed,

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Chief Minister will be from BJP, said ally Ajit Pawar today saying that the two Deputy Chief Ministers will be from other Mahayuti constituents. The Mahayuti, which comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced that the new Mahayuti government will be sworn in on December 5 at Mumbai's Azad Maidan

Pawar added that the Deputy Chief Minister positions would be given to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and his faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the BJP and there will be two deputy chief ministers from other Mahayuti constituents, NCP chief Ajit Pawar said here on Saturday

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar, on Saturday, cleared the air on the formation of the next Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, saying that it was decided during the meeting that the Chief Minister will be from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),

Ajit Pawar said that the other Mahayuti allies, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by him, would get the Deputy Chief Minister posts.