Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chavan is likely to be the next Maharashtra Chief Minister.
The Congress Legislative Party met on Tuesday evening to choose a leader and after a meeting that lasted almost an hour, the MLAs left the decision to Sonia Gandhi.
A one-line resolution was passed by the CLP meeting authorising Gandhi to pick the new Chief Minister of the state. The resolution was moved by the outgoing Chief Minister and seconded by Revenue Minister Narayan Rane, Legislative Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh and former Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, party sources said.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister AK Antony were present as central observers at the meeting in Mumbai. Both leaders had been appointed by Sonia Gandhi to look into the Adarsh Housing Scam and submit an internal report.