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.

Speaking to media in Pune, NCP chief Ajit Pawar stated, 'The state will have one chief minister from the BJP and two deputies from the other two parties of Mahayuti.'

Four days have passed since the Mahayuti scored a mammoth win in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, but the BJP-led alliance is yet to announce its Chief Minister choice.

Ajit Pawar, the NCP Chief, announced that the BJP will elect the next Maharashtra Chief Minister, as decided in the Mahayuti meeting in Delhi. While NCP and Shiv Sena will place their Deputy Chief Ministers,

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

NCP chief and Maharashtra caretaker Dy CM Ajit Pawar on Saturday said during a meeting of Mahayuti leaders it was decided that the CM will be from the BJP and the remaining two parties – Shiv Sena and

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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NCP chief Ajit Pawar announced that the next Maharashtra CM will be from BJP, with two Deputy CMs from Shiv Sena and NCP. Amit Shah met alliance leaders Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar to finalize government formation by December 5.