Former minister and sitting BJP MLA from Dombivli, Ravindra Chavan, is all set to be appointed as the new president of the Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). An official announcement to this effect will be made at 5 pm on Tuesday during a party meeting to be held at the NSCI Dome in Worli. Union minister Kiren Rijiju was in Mumbai as he has been appointed as an observer for the BJP’s state party presidential election.

The nomination papers of Chavan, a four-term legislator and Maratha representative who currently holds the working president post in the party, were filed on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing BJP state president Chandrashekar Bawankule. Chavan’s was the only nomination received by the party by evening.

Bawankule, a prominent OBC leader within the party, in 2024, was inducted into the state cabinet and now heads the important revenue ministry in the Mahayuti government, which comprises the BJP, Ajit Pawar-led NCP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. In 2022, Bawankule was appointed party president.