Eknath Shinde will be Maharashtra's next CM; oath today
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Eknath Shinde, the leader of Shiv Sena's rebel MLAs, will be the next Maharashtra Chief Minister, announced the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis during a joint press conference on Thursday. He added that the oath ceremony will be held at 7:30 pm. Earlier, the duo met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan to stake claim for government formation in the state.