Raipur, December 5, 2024: Devendra Fadnavis will take oath today as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.

Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Shiv Sena and NCP’s Ajit Pawar are expected to be sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
Fadnavis was yesterday elected as Maharashtra BJP legislature party’s leader unanimously, party sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many Central Ministers, several Chief Ministers and other top party leaders from the NDA will be attending the swearing in ceremony at the sprawling Azad Maidan in south Mumbai this evening.

At the legislature party meeting held in Vidhan Bhawan yesterday along with BJP’s central observer Nirmala Sitharaman the other observe and former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had said Fadnavis has been unanimously elected as the BJP legislature party leader.
BJP achieved remarkable success in the November 20 Assembly elections, securing 132 out of the 288 assembly seats.
Together with its allies — Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition has a huge majority of 230 seats in the 288 member state assembly.
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