In addition to the BJP's dominance with 132 seats in the 288-member Assembly, the Shiv Sena secured 57 seats, and Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction won 41 seats, enabling the Mahayuti alliance to form a government comfortably.

MUMBAI: The swearing-in ceremony for Maharashtra's new Chief Minister will be held on December 5 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend. Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule confirmed that the ceremony will take place at 5:00 pm,

The Mahayuti alliance will form a new government in Maharashtra on December 5. Devendra Fadnavis is the frontrunner for the chief minister post. The BJP emerged as the largest party in recent assembly polls.

The name of the next Maharashtra Chief Minister is expected to be announced today. Top leaders of winning Mahayuti alliance will be in Delhi to hold a discussion with Amit Shah. Ahead of this, Shiv Se

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.

Mahayuti's historic victory marks a dramatic turnaround for Fadnavis, whose political fortunes seemed to wane over the last few years.

BJP's Devendra Fadnavis thanked Union home minister Amit Shah for his support during the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Fadnavis credited Shah for mo

The process of government formation in Maharashtra is expected to get a boost after a crucial meeting between caretaker CM Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar and Union minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Thursday night,

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.

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.

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.