Among the names in the fray are former Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde, Narayan Rane apart from secondrung leaders like Prithiviraj Chavan and Mukul WasnikThe choices for the top job seem to be narrowing after Shinde and Deshmukh too have been linked to the controversial Adarsh CoOperative Housing Society
मुख्यमंत्रीपदाच्या शर्यतीतीच्या चर्चेमध्ये नावं आहेत ती माजी मुख्यमंत्री विलासराव देशमुख, सुशीलकुमार शिंदे, मुकुल वासनीक आणि पृथ्वीराज चव्हाण यांची.