April 30, 2023 09:12 pm | Updated 09:12 pm IST - PuneAmid banners projecting Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and current Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar as the “future Chief Minister of Maharashtra,” NCP State president Jayant Patil on April 30 remarked that “nearly everyone had accepted that the next CM of State would be from his party”. Speaking in Karad (in Satara district), Mr. Patil said that it was “satisfying” to note that the next CM in the State would be from the NCP. The satisfaction is that the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from the NCP. Earlier this week, amid the buzz of Mr. Ajit Pawar joining the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP dispensation, posters hailing the NCP leader as the ‘future CM of Maharashtra’ had sprung up in parts of the State. NCP chief Sharad Pawar dismissed the issue of the banners, hinting that they were the handiwork of the more overzealous elements of the NCP.

Source: The Hindu April 30, 2023 20:00 UTC