Poster featuring NCP chief Ajit Pawar as ‘future CM’ appeared in Pune, later taken down; Video

Pune: Ahead of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra elections to be held on November 23, a poster showing NCP chief and deputy CM Ajit Pawar as chief minister in Pune has been removed. The poster was posted by party leader Santosh Nangare.

In Maharashtra, the main rivalry is between the BJP-led Mahayuti Alliance and the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

The ruling Mahayuti alliance, led by the BJP, includes the BJP, Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction), while the opposition MVA includes the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).

Exit polls predict Mahayuti to retain power in Maharashtra

The ruling Mahayuti is poised to retain power in Maharashtra and the NDA also has an edge in government formation in Jharkhand, exit polls predicted on Wednesday as opinion polls ended in the two states.

Most exit polls also predicted that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will do strongly in the polls but is unlikely to cross the majority mark in the 288-member assembly.

According to the P-MARQ exit poll, the Mahayuti alliance will win 137-157 seats, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi will win 126-147 seats and the rest 2-8 seats.

Chanakya Strategies forecasts Mahayuti to win 152-150 seats, MVA 130-138 seats and others 6-8 seats.

MP Shrikant Shinde on CM’s face

Earlier, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde said that after the meeting ends, Mahayuti leaders will come together and decide on who will be the chief minister of Maharashtra.

Speaking to ANI, MP Kalyan further said that there is “no competition” among the alliance leaders to become CM. “All the leaders (of Mahayuti) will come together and take a decision. “We want to form a government that will do more development work over the next five years. For the last 2.5 years, the Maha Vikas Aghadi has only been discussing who will be the CM. Their message didn’t even reach the public.” Shinde told ANI.

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