Ailing since last week, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde swung into action after undergoing some advanced medical tests at a hospital in Thane on Tuesday. He returned to his official Malabar Hill residence in the afternoon to review online arrangements for Mahaparinirvan Diwas at Chaityabhumi and got into political talks with his party leaders and alliance leaders ahead of the new government’s swearing-in ceremony to be held at Azad Maidan on December 5.

While leaving the hospital, Shinde told reporters that he was keeping well. “I visited the hospital for a check-up. I’m doing well,” he said. People in the know said that Shinde’s doctors wanted advanced tests to be run for his throat infection, and his blood samples checked to verify a possibility of dengue or other serious infections, which was ruled out.