Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra CM, Shinde and Pawar to be his deputies

BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the subsequent chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday. Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar had been additionally sworn in because the deputy chief ministers of the state within the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The ceremony follows weeks of impasse after the Mahayuti alliance witnessed an influence tussle between Shinde and
Fadnavis for the chief minister’s chair. The latter was unanimously elected as the subsequent chief minister of Maharashtra and hours later Shinde additionally accepted the put up of Dy CM.

Fadnavis has change into the chief minister of Maharashtra for the third time.

#WATCH | Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/i14uGpEyr6

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The swearing-in ceremony was a star-studded occasion with celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Sachin Tendulkar in attendance. BJP’s high brass together with Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh had been additionally current at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan to attend the occasion.

#WATCH | Mumbai | PM Modi, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, CM designate Devendra Fadnavis and all different leaders and attendees rise to the Nationwide Anthem on the oath-taking ceremony of the brand new authorities pic.twitter.com/VTx9XSA4MY

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Greater than 4,000 police personnel have been deployed for safety through the swearing-in ceremony of Maharashtra’s new chief minister scheduled on Thursday night.

Mahayuti gained a historic victory with BJP alone securing 122 out of the 288 meeting seats whereas Shiv Sena and NCP secured 57 and 41 seats respectively.

#WATCH | Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde takes oath as Deputy CM of Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/G33WOBOLbw

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In the meantime, the Cupboard swearing-in perform will likely be held between December 7 and 9, sources advised News18.

The Mahayuti alliance is but to allot portfolios though BJP needs to maintain the Residence and City Ministry for itself.

Requested when different ministers would take an oath of workplace, BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar advised reporters, “It’s most definitely that the council of ministers will likely be sworn in earlier than the winter session of the meeting begins, in order to keep away from administrative disruption.” The swearing-in ceremony will likely be held on the Azad Maidan floor in south Mumbai. Governor C P Radhakrishnan will administer the oath of workplace to Fadnavis and his deputies.

With inputs from companies