Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Tuesday said the party is confident that the new Maharashtra chief minister would be elected before October 31.
"We'll have our leader for the legislative party elected, and will stake a claim to form the government. We all are excited and confident that the new Maharashtra CM would have taken oath by 31st October," said Rudy.
Sources have said that state BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis is likely to be named as the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the BJP MLAs' meeting in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Raosaheb Danve said that being an old ally, the Shiv Sena should state what they want.
"Shiv Sena is our old alliance, they should be open to show their cards and state what they want. Our heart is open," said Danve.
The BJP had announced on Sunday that the party was going to form a government in Maharashtra in alliance with the Shiv Sena.
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Later, through an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamna, the Shiv Sena had expressed its will to support any leader chosen by the BJP, as the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
The BJP and Shiv Sena broke their 25-year-old alliance ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls over seats sharing.
The BJP later emerged as the single-largest party in Maharashtra winning 122 of the 288 seats. The Shiv Sena finished second with 63 seats. The NCP then complicated the matter by offering external support to the BJP for government formation in the state.