Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be in the national capital on Friday to meet the BJP central leadership and finalise the allocation of portfolios in the new state cabinet. It is learnt that Shinde and Fadnavis are likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Sources said that Shinde and Fadnavis will meet the top BJP leadership and discuss the new cabinet of Maharashtra government. "Key agenda to the meeting of Shinde and Fadnavis with the BJP central leadership is to finalise the allocation of portfolios and ministerial quota of both the parties," sources said.