Ajit Pawar Can Also Become Maharashtra Chief Minister: NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal

As suspense over who will become the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra continues, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday backed his party's chief, Ajit Pawar, for the top post. Of 288 assembly constituencies, the ruling Mahayuti secured 230 seats in the assembly polls, the results for which came on Saturday. The BJP won 132 seats while its allies- the Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde, won 57 seats, and the NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats. "All the three parties will sit together and decide who will be our leader. We three parties will sit together and decide who will become the Chief Minister. Ajit Pawar can also become the CM, his strike rate is very good," Bhujbal told ANI.