Unlike some of those whose names were doing the rounds for chief ministership like leader of opposition in the outgoing assembly Eknath Khadse and former state BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar, Devendra Fadnavis never held any ministerial position.
Amid the jockeying for the top post, Devendra Fadnavis' detractors had highlighted lack of administrative experience in order to edge him out of the race.
However, armed with a clean public image and solid backing from Narendra Modi- Amit Shah combine, the young leader from Nagpur, from where RSS runs its writ over the larger saffron family, cleared all hurdles to emerge the winner.
