When Maharashtra party unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule asked for their preference for the next chief minister during an event in Bhandara, located 800 kilometres from Mumbai, Bharatiya Janata Party workers expressed support for senior leader Devendra Fadnavis.

Addressing the party members at Mumbai`s Wankhede Stadium, Bawankule asked who they saw as the next Chief Minister, prompting chants of "Devendra Fadnavis...Devendra Fadnavis" from the enthusiastic crowd.