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Farmer wants to be Maha CM till Sena-BJP row on top post ends
    Aurangabad, Oct 31 (PTI) A farmer from Beed district
in Maharashtra wants to be Chief Minister till the ruling BJP
and the Shiv Sena resolve their differences over power-
sharing and formation of the next government.
    The farmer, Srikant Vishnu Gadale, a resident of
Vadmauli in Kej taluka, has expressed this wish in a letter
submitted to the office of Beed collector on Thursday.
    He wrote in the letter, "The Shiv Sena and the BJP are
yet to resolve their issue regarding the post of Chief
Minister which was raised after the 2019 assembly election
results.
    "Natural calamities (unseasonal rains) have hampered
ready-to-harvest crops in the state. The farmers are tense
over these calamities."
    "At a time when farmers are suffering, the Shiv Sena
and the BJP are unable to resolve the issue of holding Chief
Minister's post.
    "Hence, till the issue is resolved, the governor
should hand over the responsibility of Chief Minister's post
to me," Gadale said.
    "I will solve the problems of farmers and give them
justice," he said.
    The farmer also wrote that if the administration does
not take note of his letter, he would protest through
"democratic means".
    The Shiv Sena is demanding the post of Chief Minister
for 2.5 years and 50:50 division of portfolios.
    Both these demands have been rejected by the BJP which
has insisted that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will
continue in the post for the next five years. PTI AW
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