Speculations were circulating on social media that Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol would be appointed Maharashtra's next Chief Minister by the top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) instead of Devendra Fadnavis.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister will be from BJP, ally Ajit Pawar said today, adding that the two Deputy Chief Ministers will be from the alliance partners.

Ajit Pawar said that the other Mahayuti allies, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by himself, will get the Deputy Chief Minister posts.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat emphasised that the ruling Mahayuti's sweeping victory in the state elections was largely due to Shinde's leadership.

On government formation in Maharashtra, caretaker Dy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on 30, "During the meeting (Delhi meeting of Mahayuti leader) it was decided that Mahayuti will form the government with CM from BJP and the remaining two parties will have

Pawar added that the Deputy Chief Minister positions would be given to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and his faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The BJP has also confirmed that the new Mahayuti government will be formally sworn in on December 5, 2024, at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to attend the event.

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An NCP spokesperson said the party already elected Ajit Pawar as the CLP leader and he would be the party's first choice for the deputy chief minister's post.