Even as the Maharashtra assembly poll results were declared on November 23, the Mahayuti alliance, which has emerged victorious with absolute majority, is yet to decide on the choice of the next chief minister for the state.
Shinde, along with his deputies -- Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP and Ajit Pawar of the NCP -- arrived at Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation.
Meanwhile, Jayant Patil said that the first cabinet meeting of the government to be held later today.
Ajit Pawar told that these leaders include NCP state President Jayant Patil and former Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal.
'The mandate was for BJP because it won 70 percent seats out of all seats we contested,' he said.
Sharad Pawar in his tweet also denied any possibility of coming with BJP, something that his nephew claimed in his tweets earlier.
The attempt is made to avoid poaching of their MLAs by BJP.
'After discussions are completed and agreed on all points, the media will be briefed on the architecture of the alliance,' Prithviraj Chavan said.
