Bharatiya Janata Party legislators from around Maharashtra have begun to arrive in Mumbai, a day ahead of the party&rsquo;s crucial meeting to elect the legislature party group leader. &nbsp;
The meeting slated for December 4 comes amid a rising chorus calling for Devendra Fadnavis to take the reins as Maharashtra&rsquo;s next chief minister.
In a first, legislators--from first-time MLAs to senior legislators--are visiting the BJP headquarters in south Mumbai to &ldquo;understand the modalities&rdquo; ahead of the meeting.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will act as observers for Wednesday&rsquo;s meeting and subsequently submit a report on the election for legislature party group leader.
&ldquo;The legislators want Devendra Fadnavis, the architect of the BJP&rsquo;s role in the landslide MahaYuti victory, to become the CM. They will likely elect him to the post of the legislature party group leader on Wednesday,&rdquo; legislator Amit Satam said.
&ldquo;We want him to become CM,&rdquo; a first-time legislator chimed in. 
One four-term legislator said Fadnavis&rsquo;s role in &ldquo;calming the rebels&rdquo; and campaigning tirelessly for candidates from the MahaYuti alliance and not just from the BJP as qualifiers made him the top choice for the CM&rsquo;s role.
&ldquo;Fadnavis is an ace administrator. The state has already seen this when he was CM from 2014 to 2019,&rdquo; he said, adding that Fadnavis is expected to bring his magic into play ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
&ldquo;Under his chief ministership, the state government will make all efforts for Maharashtra to become a $1 trillion economy and also overcome fiscal challenges, especially in the wake of rising revenue and fiscal deficits and public debt,&rdquo; he said.
Fadnavis also enjoys the support of the RSS, which is very important for him to become CM, he added.
&mdash;With agency input

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December 3, 2024 | 20:53 IST