Mahayuti leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar met Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form government.
The three leaders met the Governor after the BJP legislature party meet, where Devendra Fadnavis was unanimously elected as the Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader, paving the way for his appointment as the Chief Minister.
Meeting the press after staking claim of the government, Fadnavis said,"We three will run the government".
"Yesterday I requested Eknath Shinde to remain in the cabinet. I hope he would... Chief Minister's post is a technical arrangement. All three of us will work together unitedly," Fadnavis said.
"I and two deputy chief ministers will take oath (during the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday evening). It is yet to be decided how many ministers will take oath," he informed.
But Shinde, currently the caretaker CM, evaded reply when asked whether he will join the government.
'Wait till evening," said the Shiv Sena leader.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held in Mumbai on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.
The BJP achieved remarkable success in the November 20 Maharashtra elections, securing 132 out of the 288 assembly seats, marking its best performance in the state so far.
Together with its allies -- the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar's NCP, the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition has a commanding majority of 230 seats.
