The Shiv Sena leader had left for his native village in Satara district last Friday to recuperate from illness and returned to Mumbai on December 1.

It is 10 days to the Maharashtra elections results but the state is yet to get its new chief minister. Eknath Shinde, who is ‘upset’ over the government formation, is seen as delaying the process. However,

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Eknath Shinde, who is the caretaker chief minister, has already made it clear that he is not in the race of chief minister's post. However, there are reports that he is lobbying for creamy cabinet berth in Devendra Fadnavis government.

The oath taking ceremony of the new CM is being delayed as reports of rift between the BJP and its alliance partners were rife. With Eknath Shinde leaving for his native village in Satara district on Friday after meeting BJP’s top brass in Delhi,

Shinde, who is currently the caretaker CM until a new one is appointed, had said that his party- the Shiv Sena- would support the decisions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to name the next CM.

The swearing-in ceremony will take place on December 5 at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, as declared by the BJP leaders.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday claimed the BJP top brass offered the post of the chief of the Mahayuti alliance to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde but he declined. Union minister Amit Shah,

BJP leader Girish Mahajan met Maharashtra's caretaker CM Eknath Shinde, who is recovering from illness. A crucial BJP MLAs meeting is set for December 4, ahead of the new chief minister's swearing-in on December 5.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance is likely to announce the next CM later in the day, and the swearing-in ceremony will take place on Thursday (December 5).