Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis met outgoing Shiv Sena boss Eknath Shinde in Mumbai Tuesday evening, amid continuing suspense, and an absorbing tug-of-war, over the identity of the next Maharashtra Chief Minister.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday claimed the BJP top brass offered the post of the chief of the Mahayuti alliance to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde but he declined. Amid uncertainty over who would become the chief minister of Maharashtra,

Only Maharashtra Chief Minster, 2 deputies to be sworn in on Thursday, Eknath Shinde may take oath: Sources

Eknath Shinde agrees to become Deputy Chief Minister in Maharashtra's new Mahayuti government, with swearing-in set for December 5.

Shiv Sena Chief and caretaker Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has reportedly agrees to become Maharashtra Deputy CM in BJP-led Mahayuti govt.

The announcement will be made ahead of the oath ceremony.” The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) on Sunday named MLA Jitendra Awhad as its group leader in the Maharashtra legislative assembly.

Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde said, "I am doing good now. I had come here to rest after the hectic election schedule... I did not take any leave during my 2.5 years as the CM. People are still here to meet me.

Addressing mediapersons in his native village, Shinde said that the Mahayuti aliiance's chief minister candidate will be decided tomorrow and reiterated that he has already given his "unconditional support" to the decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

During his visit to his native village of Dare in Satara district, Shinde further mentioned, according to PTI, that discussions on government formation were ongoing and assured that all decisions would be taken collectively by the three Mahayuti allies — Shiv Sena,