Maharashtra CM name announcement: Devendra Fadnavis, Shinde, Ajit Pawar in huddle with Amit Shah in Delhi

Maharashtra CM name announcement: Outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday night met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, ahead of a meeting of the Mahayuti coalition to discuss the power-sharing pact in the state. Shinde, who arrived from Mumbai, drove straight to Shah’s Krishna Menon Marg residence, where BJP president J P Nadda was already present. Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar also joined them. The key meeting lasted two hours at Shah’s residence, with strong speculations made over Devendra Fadnavis’s name as the CM’s face. However, an official announcement for the same is awaited. Earlier, after reaching Delhi, Shinde said he would not be an obstacle in the government formation in the state and abide by the decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah. “I cleared my role in the press conference yesterday that there are no obstacles regarding Chief Minister of Mahayuti. This ‘ladla bhai’ has arrived in Delhi and the ‘ladla bhai’ is a designation higher than anything else for me. A meeting will be held on everything.”