More than a week after the Mahayuti won a landslide majority in Maharashtra polls, the new government is yet to be sworn in.

Speculation has also emerged that Shinde’s son, Shrikant Shinde, might be appointed as one of the Deputy Chief Ministers, with the Shiv Sena reportedly eyeing the Home portfolio.

Devendra Fadnavis has been approved as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, with a legislature party meeting scheduled soon.

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.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday made a phone call to Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to enquire about his health, said sources. Eknath Shinde, who was reportedly not happy with BJP leadership's decision to remove him from the CM's chair,

The oath-taking ceremony of the new Mahayuti government will take place on December 5 evening at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend it.

The formal announcement on CM will be done after the BJP legislative party meeting in Mumbai in a day or two after party MLAs appoint the leader of the state legislative party.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he had "good and positive" discussions with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J P Nadda on the issue of government formation in the state.

Eknath Shinde, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, met Shah and Nadda late Thursday (November 28) to thrash out a power-sharing pact for the next government in Maharashtra after the BJP-led coalition registered a thumping majority in the Assembly elections.

Shinde reiterated that there were no obstacles regarding the Chief Minister's post and that 'Ladla Bhai' is a title that holds more significance for him than anything else