Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde confirmed on Friday that a decision on the next Chief Minister of the state will be made in "a day or two." He added that "good and positive" discussions had been held with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda regarding the issue of government formation.

Shinde, who was speaking to reporters before leaving for Mumbai, noted that the decision will be finalised during another meeting of the Mahayuti coalition in the state capital. Shinde, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, had met Shah and Nadda late on Thursday to discuss a power-sharing agreement following the BJP-led coalition's landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.