The political temperature is soaring high ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra as Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), alliance is facing discord over who should be the alliance’s chief ministerial candidate. Obviously, the Thackeray camp has repeatedly pushed its demand to declare Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray as the MVA face for the chief minister’s post. During his recent Delhi tour, Thackeray expressed his desire to become Chief Minister of Maharashtra again, if alliance partners in MVA support the move. However, Congress leaders, including Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and state president Nana Patole have firmly stated that the alliance’s first priority would be to defeat Mahayuti, the NDA-BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) camp. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said that the formula to the path ahead is collective leadership. It is obvious that the issue of future CM face is the bone of contention and causing discontent within the MVA partners.
