Maharashtra CM swearing-in: PM Modi arrives at Azad Maidan for oath ceremony of CM-designate Devendra Fadnavis | Watch
Maharashtra CM swearing-in: Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy CMs.
Maharashtra CM swearing-in: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Thursday for the swearing-in ceremony of the Maharashtra government.
The ceremony saw Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as chief minister of the state before thousands of supporters of the BJP-led Mahayuti. Notably, Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office. Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar were sworn in as deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra.
Notable leaders who were spotted at the event included Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, NCP chief Ajit Pawar, CM N Chandrababu Naidu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and CMs and Deputy CMs of NDA-ruled states, Union Ministers and NDA leaders, among others.
Devotional singer Kanhiya Mittal performed during the grand ceremony and several celebrities and dignitaries were also present. Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, and Madhuri Dixit, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar also attended the oath-taking ceremony today.
The ceremony took place two weeks after the results of the assembly elections were announced on November 23. Days after the declaration of results, former Gujarat CM and BJP's central observer Vijay Rupani announced that Devendra Fadnavis was unanimously elected the BJP legislature party leader at the legislature party meeting.
All about the new Maharashtra CM
Devendra Fadnavis was born into a middle-class family on July 22, 1970, in Nagpur. He holds a graduate degree in law, a postgraduate degree in business management, and a diploma in project management. In 1992, Fadnavis was elected as a councillor in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. This marked a breakthrough in his political career.
He served as the chief minister of Maharashtra between 2014 and 2019 and became the second-youngest chief minister in the state's history after Sharad Pawar. Besides this, Fadnavis held key portfolios, including Home, General Administration, IT, Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Ports, and Information & Public Relations.
(With agency inputs)
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First Published:5 Dec 2024, 05:34 PM IST
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