Maharashtra CM Live Updates: Mahayuti set to name chief minister tomorrow
Hindustan TimesMaharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis during a press conference as the Mahayuti is set to form the government in the state, at Varsha Bungalow in Mumbai Maharashtra CM Live Updates: Suspense over who will be Maharashtra's next chief minister is set to end on Wednesday, days after the ruling Mahayuti alliance registering a sweeping victory in the recently-held assembly elections. BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, under whom the saffron party won 132 of the 149 seats contested by it, is the frontrunner. A former chief minister, Fadnavis served as one of the two deputy chief ministers in the administration of Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde, now the caretaker CM. On Monday, the BJP named Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani as observers for a crucial December 4 legislative unit meeting in Mumbai where the party is likely to pick the next chief minister of the Maharashtra.