I'm Sena's chief minister also: Devendra Fadnavis rebuts Aaditya Thackeray

MUMBAI: Refuting Aaditya Thackeray's statements about sharing chief ministership in the event of the saffron alliance returning to power, Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he would "come back" to assume the post. "I am not just the BJP chief minister, I am also the Sena chief minister as it is a BJP-Sena government, as also of the other allies," he said.
"Do not be under any illusion, this election will be fought as an alliance," he declared at the party's state executive committee meeting at NESCO Grounds at Goregaon on Sunday, referring to the seat-sharing pact with the Shiv Sena.
"We will soon decide which seats will be contested by which party. This whole debate on who will be the chief minister....it will be the people who will decide the chief minister," Fadnavis added.
Blaming the media for raking up the controversy on the prospective division of power within the alliance, he said, "The media needs fodder as it telecasts 24 hours." In remarks mildly critical of Aaditya Thackeray, he added, "Our allies have people who are eager to speak to the media."
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