December 5, 2024 08:46 AM (IST)
The BJP is the largest party in Maharashtra with 132 seats.
Maharashtra held elections in a phased manner on November 20 and the results were declared on November 23. Mahayut won a landslide victory in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the largest party with 132 seats. Apart from this, the Shiv Sena of the Sindh Party won 57 seats and the NCP led by Ajit Pawar won 41 seats.
December 5, 2024 08:44 AM (IST)
Prime Minister Modi Shah will also attend the swearing-in ceremony
Many senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will attend the swearing-in ceremony. Apart from this, chief ministers of 19 states will also participate. About 40,000 people are likely to attend the event.
December 5, 2024 08:16 AM (IST)
Sindh to be sworn in as deputy chief minister
Besides Fadnavis, the Maharashtra government will have two deputy chief ministers. Among them, one name is believed to be NCP leader Ajit Pawar and the other is Eknath Shinde. Earlier, Shinde’s name was not clear, but now it has been decided that Shinde will be sworn in as the Deputy Prime Minister. According to sources, he took this decision after meeting Devendra Fadnavis.
December 5, 2024 08:13 AM (IST)
Fadnavis to be chief minister for third time
Devendra Fadnavis will serve as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the third time. Yesterday, he was unanimously elected as the leader of the Maharashtra BJP legislative party, paving the way for him to be sworn in as chief minister for the third time. His first term as chief minister was for five years between 2014 and 2019, while his second term was in November 2019 and lasted about 80 hours.
