Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, and NCP leader Ajit Pawar reached Raj Bhavan on Wednesday to meet the Maharashtra governor and stake claim on forming a government.

Addressing the media, Fadnavis extended an olive branch to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, urging him to join the new cabinet.

It is 10 days to the Maharashtra elections results but the state is yet to get its new chief minister. Eknath Shinde, who is ‘upset’ over the government formation, is seen as delaying the process. However,

Shinde, who is currently the caretaker CM until a new one is appointed, had said that his party- the Shiv Sena- would support the decisions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to name the next CM.

The Shiv Sena leader had left for his native village in Satara district last Friday to recuperate from illness and returned to Mumbai on December 1.

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Shinde has been suffering from a throat infection and high fever since Friday when he left for his native village in Satara district of the state.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday claimed the BJP top brass offered the post of the chief of the Mahayuti alliance to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde but he declined. Union minister Amit Shah,

Maharashtra Caretaker CM Eknath Shinde was rushed to Jupiter Hospital in Thane on Tuesday due to his worsening health, following a throat infection and fever. Despite this, he later assured that he was "all good.

Eknath Shinde has been suffering from a high fever and sore throat, prompting his doctors to advise him to cancel all engagements and focus on rest