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The people of Maharashtra know who the next CM will be, said former Union minister Danve without giving names.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new Mahayuti government in Maharashtra will take place on December 5 evening at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief said on Saturday (BJP), Chandrashekhar Bawankule.

While there is no announcement yet on who would be the chief minister, BJP sources said that Devendra Fadnavis, who was chief minister twice and deputy CM in the last government led by Eknath Shinde, was the favorite for this post.

Maharashtra caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde visited his native Dare village in Satara district on Friday amid speculation that he was not happy with the way the new government in the The state was in the process of being formed.

Shinde, who was suffering from high fever in his village, was recovering and would return to Mumbai on Sunday evening, a close aide said.

Danve, in an interview to a regional news channel, said, “Even people know who will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra. We are waiting for the name of the same person to be finalized by our party’s top leaders .”

On the ongoing discussions without announcement of the chief minister’s name, he said the public has a good idea of ​​the candidate. “We are waiting for official approval of the name,” the BJP leader added.

On the composition of the cabinet, Danve said, “It is the chief minister’s prerogative to choose who to include in the state cabinet.”

Asked about Shinde’s visit to his village Satara, Danve said the caretaker CM’s health does not hamper the functioning of the state administration.

“When a chief minister visits his native land, we feel pride,” the BJP leader said. PTI