The BJP’s success in the Maharashtra elections has also opened the doors to new possibilities. The BJP has reached such a position that it can take arbitrary decisions; There is no need for the BJP leadership to think of no one other than Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde.
Fadnavis is the biggest contender
Devendra Fadnavis will get all the credit for the BJP’s excellent performance in the Maharashtra elections. During the elections, a 4-minute video of singing a Marathi song in the name of Deva Bhau went viral. It is said in the song Deva Bhau, ‘Day and night… one goal, one passion… country and religion, life and breath… to carry forward the tradition of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj… to increase pride. of Maharashtra.’
The video shows the functioning of the Maharashtra government from 2014 to 2019 and then from 2022 to now. Devendra Fadnavis was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first five years and was later appointed Deputy CM.
The video made to the song Deva Deva Deva Bhau shows Devendra Fadnavis with engineers in the tunnels associated with the coastal road to Atal Setu, the Samriddhi Express highway, the expanding metro network in Mumbai and infrastructure projects.
The Chief Minister may have been Eknath Shinde, but BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has been presented as a hero in the video, and a campaign was also being run along with the video, Aayega to Deva Bhau Hi. Only Modi will come as soon as possible.
Devendra Fadnavis has not only performed well in the elections, but like a good boy and disciplined soldier, he has been working blindly under the orders of the BJP leadership, without complaining or pouting.
In such a situation, Devendra Fadnavis is the biggest contender for the Chief Minister’s post in Maharashtra, but who knows if there is any surprise plan in the minds of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.
Is there any surprise plan?
Modi-Shah has often been giving surprise plans. It has been seen in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan just last year. The surprise was received in Haryana even before the elections, so there was no option for later. Many times such situations also arise, when the defeated Pushkar Singh Dhami was appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Eknath Shinde has also been heard saying that there was no talk of becoming Chief Minister on the basis of Mahayuti seats. But Devendra Fadnavis had earlier given similar directions. The BJP has emphatically reiterated that the elections are being held under the leadership of Eknath Shinde, and Amit Shah left room for surprise by making this statement.
Eknath Shinde’s words remind me of 2019, when Uddhav Thackeray stood firm as Chief Minister and the result was that the alliance broke down.
Anyway, a discussion has already started to accommodate Eknath Shinde at the Centre. It is also possible that in case Eknath Shinde does not agree, BJP is considering some other name instead of Devendra Fadnavis.
A few days ago, Devendra Fadnavis’ name was also included in the race for the post of BJP president. Both Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde have ruled themselves out of the race for the Chief Minister’s post.
