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By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 19. A "nominee" of the Shiv Sena chief, Bal Thackeray, will be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the event of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance winning the election. A senior BJP leader closely connected with the elections does not rule out the possibility of "Udhav (Thackeray) doing a Sonia," that is, declining the Chief Minister's job even if it is his for the asking. Senior BJP leaders have pointed out that with the BJP contesting 114 seats on its own and the Sena 166 (eight seats have been left for the Shetkari Sangathan and another political entity), the chances of the BJP winning a larger number of seats than the Sena are dim.
`Kashmir formula'
Although the BJP's understanding with the Sena is that the partner with the larger number of seats in the new Assembly will get the Chief Minister's post, authoritative party sources said: "First of all, it is unlikely the BJP gets the larger number of seats since we are contesting far fewer, but even if that were to happen it will be the `Kashmir formula' that could be applied."
`Dark horse' may emerge
In Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress with the larger number of seats in the Assembly conceded the Chief Minister's position to the People's Democratic Front, the smaller partner. With considerable speculation about the chances of Udhav Thackeray, son of Bal Thackeray, and Raj Thackeray, the Sena chief's nephew, becoming Chief Minister it seems that a "dark horse" may be the choice if only to avoid an open quarrel within the Thackeray family which has admitted "some tension" over the matter. Mr. Raj Thackeray has already given more than a broad hint that he will not sit back if he is passed over for the top job.
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