The next Chief Minister of Maharashtra will be from the Bharatiya Janata Party, and he will be backed by two deputies drawn from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena faction, and that of Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party. The arrangement mirrors the deal the three had leading up to this election, except the BJP has the upper hand now. Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde held a press conference and said he would not be an "obstacle" if Prime Minister Narendra Modi were to choose someone else to become Chief Minister. Watch The Last Word