Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who was elected as joint legislative party leader of Sena-NCP-Congress on Tuesday and will sworn-in as next Maharashtra chief minister said that he never dreamed of leading the state.

Hours after Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar resigned as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, Shiv Sena-NCP-Congres selected Uddhav as their joint legislative party leader.

After being elected as joint legislative party leader,Uddhav Thackeray said, "I had never dreamed of leading the state. I would like to thank Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and other leaders. Eversince after Maharashtra assembly election results, Shiv Sena has been saying that the state will be from their party. It is over the issue of rotation chief minister's post that the pre-poll alliance between the BJP and Shiv Sena didnot work out after election results, following which the latter party put allits efforts to form an alternative alliance with NCP and Congress.

With Fadnavis' resignation, Uddhav Thackeray's path to CMchair seems clear

Uddhav on Tuesday met the Governor and staked claim to formthe government and will take oath as Maharashtra CM on Thursday (November 28).

Four days after taking oath for the second term asMaharashtra chief minister, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced hisresignation saying "we don't have the numbers."His resignation cameafter the Supreme Court directed that the floor test for Fadnavis to prove hismajority in the assembly will be conducted on Wednesday. Fadnavis had takenoath as chief minister, along with NCP's Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as deputychief minister at a hastily organised ceremony at the Raj Bhavan on Saturdaymorning.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Fadnavis said theBJP will play the role of "an effective opposition" even though heexpressed doubts whether the "three-wheeler government" of Shiv Sena,NCP and the Congress will be stable."...I'll go to Raj Bhavan and tendermy resignation. I wish them all the best whoever will form the government. Butthat will be a very unstable govt as there is a huge difference of opinions,"he said."I doubt that this three-wheeler govt will be stable but BJP willwork as an effective opposition and try to raise the voice of people,"Fadnavis added.