As per the normal schedule of events, a BJP national-level panel is expected to meet all the contenders to the Maharashtra CM's post after which Shah will take a final callabout who will be Maharashtra CM.
The swearing-in ceremony of the BJP-dominated Mahayuti government is most likely to take place in Mumbai by Wednesday, November 27 or even earlier, it is learnt.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP's CM face Devendra Fadnavis has won the Nagpur South-West constituency with a resounding victory, according to the state assembly election results declared here on Saturday.
In poll bound Maharashtra, BJP leader and the State's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lashed out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for allegedly yielding to demands from the Ulema Council, a Muslim clerical body.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its first list of 99 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, including the name of the state's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
It is to be noted that the NCP leader has also changed his bio on Twitter to Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra.
While it is still being speculated if Sharad Pawar knew of his nephew's moves, the NCP initiated a disciplinary action aginst Ajit Pawar at a party meeting where 42 out of 54 MLAs were present.
The occasion also enabled the BJP for the first time to give vent to its "agony and pain" over how its once all-weather ally in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena, and its political mouthpiece Saamana used language unbecoming of an alliance partner against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and engaged in "match-fixing" for grabbing the "kursi" (chair) in the State.
In a parallel press conference jointly held by the NCP and the Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar said that the NCP leaders were cheated into attending the swearing-in ceremony of Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar.
In a stunning political development, Governor BS Koshyari administered the oath of office to Devendra Fadnavis as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra and NCP leader Ajit Pawar as the new Deputy CM.
