Devendra Fadnavis Now The CM With Shortest Tenure In Maha History

Mumbai: While resigning for the CM post of Maharashtra state, Devendra Fadnavis has set a history. Fadnavis second stint as chief minister lasted only 80 hours which is the shortest tenure of four days in the last 59 years, a downhill journey which underlines transient nature of politics.

Fadnavis had taken the chief minister’s oath on Saturday with NCP’s Ajit Pawar as his deputy.

However, as it became clear on Tuesday that Ajit Pawar had failed to split the NCP and secured enough MLAs to help the BJP touch the majority mark, both resigned.

Fadnavis’s previous tenure as Chief Minister lasted from October 31, 2014, to November 12, 2019, making him only the second CM after Vasantrao Naik of Congress to complete his full five-year term.

The only two people who served as chief ministers for shorter durations than Fadnavis are Jagdambika Pal (in Uttar Pradesh) and BS Yeddyurappa (in Karnataka).

Jagdambika Pal had the shortest tenure as chief minister i.e. of 44 hours. He served this in February 1998.

He submitted his resignation on 8 November and changed his Twitter bio to the “caretaker” Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

The Maha Vikas Agadi of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress claimed the support of a majority of 162 MLAs in the House.

The NCP has already announced that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is the chief ministerial candidate of the new government.

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