New Delhi: BJP leaders on Tuesday took to micro-blogging site Twitter to congratulate Devendra Fadnavis who was elected the leader of the BJP's Legislature Party in Maharashtra, paving the way for his appointment as the first party Chief Minister of the state.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain and Anurag Thakur among others wished Fadnavis.
Follwing are their tweets:
Shri Devendra Phadnavis has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Maharashtra Vidhansahbha.
— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) October 28, 2014
I congratulate Shri Devendra Phadnavis on his election as the leader of the BJP legislature party and extend my best wishes to him.
— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) October 28, 2014
I congratulate people of Maharashtra on electing young and dynamic Shri Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_Fadnavis as their chief minister.
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 28, 2014
The youthful exuberance of @Dev_Fadnavis and @BJP4India's dedication will combine to realise the development & growth agenda for people.
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 28, 2014
Congratulations to Shri @Dev_Fadnavis on being elected as CM designate of Maharashtra.
— Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) October 28, 2014
Congratulations & my best wishes to Shri @Dev_Fadnavis on being elected as the leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislature party.
— Shahnawaz Hussain (@ShahnawazBJP) October 28, 2014
My best wishes & congratulations to Sh @Dev_Fadnavis for being chosen as leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislature party & CM designate!
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 28, 2014
Devendra Fadnvis dynamic young leader elected leader of BJP legislature party........i.e. would be Chief Minister of Maharashtra
— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) October 28, 2014
Congratulations to Maharasthra Bjp Mla's for unanimously electing Devendra Fadnavis as CM.I congratulated him on phone.
— Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) October 28, 2014
Best wishes to @Dev_Fadnavis on being designated as Maharashtra CM. He represents the youthful dynamism of @BJP4India.
— Anandiben Patel (@anandibenpatel) October 28, 2014
Congratulating and extending my best wishes to Shri @Dev_Fadnavis, who has been elected as the leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislature Party.
— Manohar Lal Khattar (@mlkhattar) October 28, 2014
The name of Fadnavis, state BJP president, was proposed by Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Eknath Khadse and seconded by his counterpart in the Legislative Council Vinod Tawde, and members of the party's core group Sudhir Mungantiwar and Pankaja Munde.
The resolution proposing 44-year-old Fadnavis as the leader of the Legislature Party was unanimously approved by the newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra J P Nadda, who were appointed central observers for the election.
The new government will be sworn in at a ceremony at Wankhede Stadium on October 31 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several of his Cabinet colleagues and Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states.
With PTI inputs
