Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde will be the new Maharashtra Chief Minister, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis announced on Thursday.
Fadnavis made the announcement at a joint press meet after the duo met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, ahead of the swearing-in slated for later in the evening.
Here's the list of CM in Maharashtra till 2022
Uddhav Thackeray
Devendra Fadnavis
President's rule
Devendra Fadnavis
President's rule
Prithviraj Chavan
Ashok Chavan
Ashok Chavan
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Sushilkumar Shinde
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Narayan Rane
Manohar Joshi
Sharad Pawar
Sudhakarrao Naik
Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar
Shankarrao Chavan
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Vasantdada Patil
Babasaheb Bhosale
Abdul Rehman Antulay
President's rule
Sharad Pawar
Vasantdada Patil
Vasantdada Patil
Shankarrao Chavan
Vasantrao Naik
Vasantrao Naik
Vasantrao Naik
P. K. Sawant
Marotrao Kannamwar
Yashwantrao Chavan
Yesterday, Uddhav Thackeray submitted his resignation to state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Raj Bhavan. The Governor accepted the resignation and asked Uddhav Thackeray to continue as CM until an alternate arrangement is made.

Thackeray had made the announcement about his resignation minutes after the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed floor test in the Maharashtra assembly on Thursday. "I am resigning as the Chief Minister," he announced. He also announced his resignation as MLC.

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