MAHA POWER STRUGGLE, MAHA DELAY
The Free Press Journal|December 01, 2024
THE CM CONUNDRUM | RSS wants Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister but BJP is pushing for a non-Brahmin Maratha
S Balakrishnan
MAHA POWER STRUGGLE, MAHA DELAY

An intense power struggle within the Sangh Parivar is the primary reason for the delay in government formation a full week after the Maha Yuti was re-elected with a massive mandate (230 of 288 seats). The RSS wants Devendra Fadnavis as the CM. However, the senior leadership of the BJP wants a non-Brahmin (preferably a Maratha) as the CM. For the past several months the RSS and the BJP leadership has not been able to see eye to eye on several issues, which became clear after the BJP president J.P. Nadda declared that the BJP did not need the support of the RSS anymore. The delay in selecting a CM for Maharashtra is one more indication of this intra-Sangh Parivar struggle.

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