After the creation of Maharashtra, Shri Chavan entrusted the development of the State to certain study groups including those for industrial and economic planning. Their reports will help the Government to plan more rationally. Whatever he takes in hand is after due deliberation and the approach is bold and purposive. He has the most cordial and friendly understanding with the members of the opposition and this helps him to carry out his policies often with their co-operation. He has all the qualities needed for political and administrative leadership and it is not surprising that many people already think of him as one worthy of succeeding Prime Minister Nehru. Such talk is heard outside the Congress circles also and even outside India. Shri Chavan is genuinely pledged to the evolution of a socialistic pattern of society—socialism which is an inevitable content of any State in the present context of world thinking. In this also Shri Chavan stands for the same idealism as Prime Minister Nehru.
“The birth of the State of Maharashtra constitutes a challenge thrown by history. Its future depends on how its people meet this challenge.
Now starts a new journey—a pilgrimage long but rewarding, because at the end of the journey lies the people's ultimate salvation."
-SHRI Y. B. CHAVAN