The staffers attached to the minister's offices have been asked to join their parent departments since they are taken on deputation for the job. The government accommodation allotted to the ministers can be retained for 15 days, and thereafter they have to vacate it as per the government orders.

A day after the Mahayuti leaders' meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM's post.

BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and NCP's Ajit Pawar will finalise a list of ministers and fly to Delhi on Monday to meet with the BJP top brass

The Maharashtra assembly election results were declared on Nov 23, but the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has yet to finalise its choice for the top post.

Amid ongoing suspense over the Maharashtra Chief Minister's post, a key meeting of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to finalize a power-sharing pact was cancelled on Friday. This meeting was initially planned in Mumbai after a discussion in Delhi on Thursday night between Maharashtra's outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde,

The meeting was to hold a discussion on who will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra – with Devendra Fadnavis expected to be the frontrunner.

BJP is yet to make a decision on the CM candidate after meeting with caretaker CM Eknath Shinde and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar. Follow The Hindu for live updates.