Maharashtra: Former state BJP chief pitches for Nitin Gadkari as CM - IBNLive

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CNN-IBN | Oct 21, 2014 at 05:29pm IST

Mumbai: Even as close-door party meetings continue over the choice of chief ministerial candidate in Maharashtra, former state BJP president Sudhir Mungantiwar has pitched for Nitin Gadkari for the post.

"We are surprised that Gadkari has said he doesn't want to be in the state. We all demand, infact, the party here in Maharashtra wants Gadkari to be CM," Mungantiwar told CNN-IBN.

Gadkari had recently said that he was happy to work in Delhi and was not looking to go back to the state.

Gadkari had recently said that he was happy to work in Delhi and was not looking to go back to the state.

Mungantiwar's statement has revealed a fissure within the party, a section of which is in favour of making the current state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis the CM.