Maharashtra to get new CM? Report says Fadnavis may get promoted to Centre

With Manohar Parrikar returning to Goa to head the state, speculations are that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis may get promoted to the Centre.

Parrikar, who resigned as Defence Minister on Monday, is set to be sworn in as chief minister of Goa, after ​Governor Mridula Sinha invited him to form the next government in the coastal state.

According to Maharashtra Times, if talks in political circles are to be believed, Fadnavis may get promoted to the Centre and Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil could replace him as the Chief Minister.

However, it is not clear what portfolio Fadnavis would be given.

Over the last two years, Fadnavis has shown a commanding performance and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have impressed with his work. Recently, BJP swept the Municipal corporations polls across the Maharashtra, while falling just a handful of seats short to form government in India's richest civic body, BMC.

Meanwhile, Patil has said that he is happy with where he is now and no such development is taking place.

In Goa, three MLAs from the Goa Forward Party, three from the MGP and two Independents have pledged their support to Parrikar.

The BJP, which came second by winning 13 seats in the 40-member assembly after the Congress (17 seats), managed to garner support from other parties and Independents to attain majority under Parrikar.