Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day tour to Maharashtra from December 18 to attend various public events like the cooperative council conference and inauguration of the new building of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) campus.

On the first day of his visit to the state, the Home Minister will worship at Shirdi temple at 11.15 am, a top government source told ANI. Shah will subsequently participate in Padmashree Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Literary Award distribution and Cooperation Council Conference as well as Sahakar Parishad Conference in the noon in Maharashtra's Loni region. The Minister will be in Mumbai in the evening and attend the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) National Award Distribution Ceremony there at 6 pm.