The crucial meeting with Amit Shah to decide who will become the next chief minister of Maharashtra concluded in New Delhi on Thursday, and if reports are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis will most certainly head the state.

Suspense over the next CM of Maharashtra continues to build with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis being a front runner for the post along with Eknath Shinde.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is learnt to have conveyed to the Shiv Sena that it will not accept any other Shiv Sena leader as the deputy chief minister other than Eknath Shinde. The stand comes a day after Shinde virtually paved the way for Devendra Fadnavis’ appointment as the chief minister and claimed he will abide by any decision of the NDA’s top leadership with regard to government formation in Maharashtra.

Who will be Maharashtra’s next Chief Minister? As the wait continues, all eyes are on a crucial meeting scheduled for Thursday, where a decision on the next CM could finally emerge. Caretaker CM Eknath Shinde,

At a winter afternoon surprise press conference called by Eknath Shinde on Wednesday, he virtually relinquished his Chief Ministerial ambitions for the second time and paved the way for Devendra Fadnavis even before his party leadership could make a case for him.

After three days of resistance to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's government formation plans in the state, a reconciled care-taker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday extended his full support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take all decisions required for the formation of a new government in Maharashtra,

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is expected to be named as the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra anytime soon. As the confirmation is still awaited on his name, the clarity came after outgoing CM and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde hinted that he would not be an "obstacle" and accept the decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as "final".