Maharashtra is likely to witness a unique episode of Indian politics again in which a Chief Minister agrees to leave the top job and accept a Deputy Chief Minister’s post or Cabinet berth in the government. As Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde resigned on Tuesday, paving the way for the appointment of a new Chief Minister, the current political scenario suggests that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and deputy to CM Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, will become the Chief Minister of the state, days after ruling Mahayuti received a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on November 23.Â
