No decision was made on next CM in meeting with Amit Shah on Thursday. Mahayuti is likely to announce CM after meeting in Mumbai to be joined by Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar.

Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant said Eknath Shinde is not upset, and he left for in Satara district because he was down with fever and cold.

Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party—was called off earlier on Friday following Shinde's departure to his village

A day after the Mahayuti leaders' meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM's post.

A new government may be formed by December 2, after alliance leaders Fadnavis, Shah, Nadda, Pawar, and Shinde held a meeting last night.

Despite a landslide victory for the Maha-Yuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the NDA has yet to announce the name of the next Chief Minister of the state. The opposition has been continuously claiming that there is internal conflict within the Maha-Yuti over the CM position,

According to sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as the single largest party in the Maharashtra assembly election, is backing Devendra Fadnavis as the next CM and has been pushing for two deputy CMs - from Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party.

Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates on the formation of government in Maharashtra. The impasse over the formation of government in Maharashtra where the assembly polls were recently concluded continues with rounds of talks among the allies of the Mahayuti and within the alliance partners.

The meeting was to hold a discussion on who will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra – with Devendra Fadnavis expected to be the frontrunner.