Maharashtra CM Swearing-in Ceremony Live Updates: Devendra Fadnavis will be back as Maharashtra Chief Minister after five years on Thursday as a grand swearing-in ceremony is all set to take place in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan at 5.30 pm. Eknath Shinde, and Ajit Pawar will also be sworn in as his deputies on the occasion which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with all the top leaders of the NDA in various states.
Curtains were brought down from the Maharashtra the CM’s name, ending over-week-long suspense on Wednesday. Fadnavis was elected as the Leader at the BJP’s Legislative Party meeting in Mumbai in the presence of central observers Nirmala Sitharaman and Vijay Rupani.
Fadnavis, Shinde and Pawar met the Governor last evening to stake a claim to form the government. They were invited to the oath-taking ceremony at 5.30 pm on Thursday.
Follow LIVE updates here as we take you through the developments leading up to the grand event in the evening:
