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The BJP core leadership has finalised Devendra Fadnavis as its choice for the Maharashtra Chief Minister post, potentially ending the long-drawn suspense over who would get the top job, sources have said. The senior BJP leader's name will now be placed before the newly elected legislators and their approval will officially finalise his selection. The developments are taking place as Azad Maidan in Mumbai preps for the grand swearing-in ceremony that will cap the BJP-led Mahayuti's mammoth victory in the state polls.