As the dust settles on Maharashtra’s Assembly elections, the suspense thickens around the next Chief Minister. With the BJP’s dominance and ongoing negotiations, will Eknath Shinde reclaim his position or will Devendra Fadnavis take the reins?

The new govt of Maharashtra is yet to be sworn in more than a week after the BJP-led NDA, also known as Mahayuti, clinched a landslide victory in state polls.

Senior BJP leader and former minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Monday made a big announcement related the formation of Government in Maharashtra. Mungntiwar declared Devendra Fadnavis's name for Chief Minister's post.

The name of Devendra Fadnavis has been finalised as the new chief minister of Maharashtra who will be elected as the legislature party leader in a meeting to be held either on December 2 or 3, a senior BJP leader claimed on Sunday night.

Devendra Fadnavis has reportedly been finalised as Maharashtra's next chief minister, with the BJP legislature party set to meet on December 2 or 3. T

Amid continued suspense over who will succeed Eknath Shinde as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a senior BJP leader on Sunday night said that the name of Devendra Fadnavis has been finalised. The claim was made by a senior party leader while speaking to news agency PTI.

Amid speculation that his son Shrikant Shinde might get the deputy CM's post and Shiv Sena is keen on the Home portfolio, Eknath Shinde said the Mahayuti allies- BJP, NCP, and Shiv Sena- will decide the government formation through consensus after sitting together.

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,

Shinde also said that his government's work in Maharashtra in the last 2.5 years will be written in "golden letters in history"

Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated the BJP will decide the new CM, with full support from Mahayuti partners. He emphasised consensus among Shiv Sena, BJP, and NCP ahead of the December 5 oath-taking ceremony.

Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the BJP will decide on the state's new CM who will have his full support, and asserted there were no differences among Mahayuti partners on government formation.