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Shinde to replace Chavan as Maharashtra CM?

by IBNS 20 Jun 2014, 12:29 am

Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) Former Union Home Minister and Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde might replace Prithviraj Chavan as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, said reports on Friday.

With Nitish Kumar resigning as the Bihar Chief Minister following the humiliating defeat of his Janata Dal-United  at the hands of ally-turned-foe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections, pressure is now building up on  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to do the same.

Although Chavan has taken the moral responsibility of Congress' loss in the state, he has left it to the party's high command to decide if he needs to resign, said party sources.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena wants the Maharashtra CM to resign from his post following the defeat of the Congress.

"The way Nitish Kumar resigned as the CM of Bihar, we want Prithviraj Chavan to resign as well. People have rejected him, he must resign on moral grounds," Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut told media.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP-led NDA registered a massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls to wipe out the Congress-led UPA  government at the Centre.

The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were decimated in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai. 

The losing candidates included former union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and Praful Patel. Congress MPs Priya Dutt and Milind Deora also lost their seats in Mumbai.