Mumbai:
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday elected Chhagan Bhujbal as
Deputy Chief
Minister of Maharashtra. The decision paved the way for Bhujbal to become the
Deputy Chief Minister for the third time. With this announcement, the focus has
now shifted to the division of portfolios between the Congress and the NCP. With
82 MLAs, Congress is now in a dictating position within the alliance and the party
is expected to demand key ministries held by NCP in the last term. The Congress
party retained Ashok Chavan as the state Chief Minister after his party-led alliance
won absolute majority in the new state legislature.
