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With Maharashtra still waiting to get its Chief Minister a week after the counting of votes declared Mahayuti as the winner, the Senior Shiv Sea leader is likely to take a big decision today. A party leader from the Shinde faction, on Friday said that Caretaker CM Eknath Shinde can take a big decision within 24 hours. After a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday, Eknath Shinde suddenly left for his ancestral village in the Satara district.
This led to speculations that Shinde might be upset. However, Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant explained the reason for the CM's visit to his village. He stated that the CM is not upset; rather, he left for his ancestral village in Satara due to fever and cold.
"The reports that he is upset are emerging from the media. We were with Eknath Shinde till early morning. Tomorrow he will be back and it is not as if the meeting takes place physically only, they also take place through video conferencing, mobile.
As Eknath Shinde has said the Maharashtra cabinet will be finalised soon," Uday Samant told ANI. ALSO READ: Maharashtra Government Formation Faces Delays Over Home Department Disagreement, Swearing-In Ceremony Likely By Dec 5 Earlier on late Thursday night, Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde, Fadnavis, NCP chief Ajit Pawar and other Mahayuti leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda in the national capital. After the meeting, Shinde said that the meeting was "good and positive", adding that another meeting will be conducted, which is expected to yield a decision for the Chief Minister face.
"The meeting was good and positive. This was the first meeting. We had a discussion with Amit Shah and JP Nadda.
..There will be another meeting of the Mahayuti.
In this meeting, a decision will be taken about who will be the Chief Minister. The meeting will be held in Mumbai," he said. Shiv Sena's another leader, Sanjay Shirsat, said that Eknath Shinde will make a big decision within the next 24 hours.
However, he claimed that the Shiv Sena chief will not take any position in the Union Cabinet as his focus is on Maharashtra politics. Shirsat mentioned that whenever Shinde takes a major decision, he always goes to his ancestral village. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Fadnavis said, "In our Mahayuti alliance, there has never been a difference of opinion.
We have always made decisions collectively. Before the elections, we announced that the decision regarding the Chief Minister's post would be taken collectively after the results. A few people had doubts, but Eknath Shinde ji has clarified those today.
We will soon meet our leaders and finalise the decision." The Maharashtra Assembly election results were declared on November 23, with BJP-led Mahayuti alliance storming back to power with a landslide majority..
