Maharashtra Politics is getting interesting day by day, with NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena Alliance on Friday to former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, again taking the oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Devendra Fadnavis for the second consecutive time took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra while NCP’s Ajit Pawar took the oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The oath was administered by the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan today.
Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister again, oath was administered by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan https://t.co/wxBOHjunJs pic.twitter.com/9Y1o4oQi2N
— ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2019
The newly sworn-in chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis said, “People had given us a clear mandate, but Shiv Sena tried to ally with other parties after results, as a result, President’s rule was imposed Maharashtra needed a stable government, not a ‘khichdi’ government’.”
While the Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, “From result day to this day no party was able to form a government (in the state). Maharashtra is facing many problems including the farmer issues, so we have decided to form a stable government.”
NCP's Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy CM,oath was administered by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan pic.twitter.com/e1wVtiGZJX
— ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated both:
Congratulations to @Dev_Fadnavis Ji and @AjitPawarSpeaks Ji on taking oath as the CM and Deputy CM of Maharashtra respectively. I am confident they will work diligently for the bright future of Maharashtra.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 23, 2019
The BJP- Shiv Sena government failed due to Shiv Sena’s stance on Chief Minister’s Post and equal seats at Cabinet. BJP won 105 seats in the 288-member assembly followed by Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54 and Congress 44. Maharashtra is now under President’s rule after the parties failed to form the government.