Updated On: 23 July, 2022 07:44 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The BJP, the largest single party in the Maharashtra Assembly, sprang a surprise on June 30 when it announced that Shinde, who had split the Sena and toppled the Uddhav Thackeray government, should become the CM

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Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said the party decided with a heavy heart that rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde should become the state`s chief minister instead of Devendra Fadnavis.
The decision was taken to send the right message, he said, speaking at a meeting of the state BJP`s executive committee at Panvel near here.