NCP, Cong choose Uddhav Thackeray for Maharashtra CM; Sena yet to confirm

People in the know said the three parties would hold a joint press conference on Saturday

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is the choice of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress to lead the alliance in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said in Mumbai on Friday after a meeting between leaders of the three parties.

There was no official confirmation from the Sena on whether Thackeray has accepted the demand, but its leader Sanjay Raut had said earlier in the day that the people of Maharashtra wanted his party chief to be CM. Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan refused to elaborate on what Pawar said, but added that the three parties had reached a consensus on