Mumbai
Once being the only second chief minister in Maharashtra to complete the full five-year term, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis now holds the dubious distinction of being the CM with the shortest tenure of four days in the last 59 years, a downhill journey which underlines transient nature of politics.

However, what was supposed to be a dream run for Fadnavis came to an abrupt end in the afternoon after Ajit Pawar stepped down as deputy CM, exposing the BJP’s claim that it had majority in the 288-member Assembly.

Earlier PK Sawant held the record of being the Maharashtra CM with the shortest term from November 25 to December 4, 1963. He was made the caretaker chief minister after the death of his predecessor Marotrao Kannamwar.

On Tuesday afternoon, Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis, 49, resigned from his post, only three days after he made a dramatic comeback as the chief minister for a second term with the support of NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had broken ranks with his parent party to lend support to the BJP.

The four-day-old BJP-led government collapsed on the eve of the Supreme Court-ordered floor test in the Assembly, after Ajit Pawar quit as deputy CM citing “personal reasons”.

The collapse of the nascent government capped the month-long uncertainty in Maharashtra politics, which witnessed many twists and turns since the results of the assembly elections were declared on October 24.Fadnavis remained CM till November 8, as the tenure of the 13th Legislative Assembly had ended.