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.

A key Mahayuti meeting scheduled on Friday was put off and likely to take place on Sunday now as outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde headed to his native village, delaying government formation a week after poll results.

After meeting Amit Shah, Mahayuti leaders were supposed to meet in Mumbai to make key decisions regarding the formation of the Maharashtra government on Friday

Despite the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance securing a massive victory, winning 230 seats in the 288-member assembly, consensus has eluded the ruling combine's leaders so far on who should be the next CM. Shinde's supporters have been saying that he should continue as CM as the landslide win was achieved under his leadership.

On the meeting of Mahayuti after after Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande says, "Caretaker CM Eknath Shinde ji has expressed full faith in PM Modi and Amit Shah ji as he is an important part of NDA.

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.