CPI-M Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission of India stating that there is an "urgent need" for clarification on alleged discrepancies in voter turnout percentage of the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Speculation has also emerged that Shinde’s son, Shrikant Shinde, might be appointed as one of the Deputy Chief Ministers, with the Shiv Sena reportedly eyeing the Home portfolio.

Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who fell ill in his native village in Satara district, is recovering and is expected to return to Mumbai on Sunday evening, according to an associate.

Tagging the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena ’s Eknath Shinde, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)’s Ajit Pawar, the state BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on social media,

In addition to the BJP's dominance with 132 seats in the 288-member Assembly, the Shiv Sena secured 57 seats, and Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction won 41 seats, enabling the Mahayuti alliance to form a government comfortably.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has suggested that all MVA partners, including the NCP(Sharad Pawar) and Congress, should undertake statewide protest against EVM in Maharashtra. Maharashtra CM News Live Updates: Eknath Shinde's family doctor told news agency ANI that he has been suffering from fever and a throat infection for the past two days.

The new Mahayuti government in Maharashtra will be sworn in at Azad Maidan here on the evening of December 5 in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence , the state BJP announced on Saturday

Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday announced the date of swearing-in ceremony of the newly-formed Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on December 5.

The new Mahayuti government is set to be sworn in on December 5 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, Maharashtra BJP unit said.