Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as CM; Sena back in power after 20 years

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray took charge as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra in a grand ceremony held at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Thursday evening Amidst much fanfare Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari administered the oath to the first CM of Thackeray family with other six cabinet ministers belonging to the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi MVA ndashan alliance of the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress partyWATCH Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mumbai pictwittercompKaAjqYvWMmdash ANI ANI November 28 2019Thackeray 59 became the third Sena leader after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane to occupy the top post Thackeray took over as chief minister over a month after results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections were declared on October 24Rashmi Thackeray congratulates husband Uddhav Thackeray after he takes oath as the CM of MaharashtraIn a ceremony that saw a sea of supporters and people in attendees Thackeray the first leader in his family took oath at 640 pm after paying homage to Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his parents Apart from Thackeray Chhagan Bhujbal Balasaheb Thorat Nitin Raut Subhash Desai Eknath Shinde and Jayant Patil took oath as cabinet ministers on the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government the presence of their MLAs After the ceremony Thackeray is expected to hold the MVA governmentrsquos first cabinet meeting at 8 pm this eveningMumbai Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai take oath as ministers Maharashtra pictwittercomRkyOdP6qRymdash ANI ANI November 28 2019Maharashtra NCP leader Jayant Rajaram Patil takes oath as minister in Mumbai httpstcoQWnDgjf9lZ pictwittercomi9US6vsVvWmdash ANI ANI November 28 2019Mumbai Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Chandrakant Bhujbal takes oath as minister Maharashtra pictwittercomvwSvPz4fynmdash ANI ANI November 28 2019Maharashtra Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Nitin Raut take oath as Ministers pictwittercomexY9bMoOTNmdash ANI ANI November 28 2019Former prime ministers Dr Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda DMK president MK Stalin Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath and former union minister Kapil Sibal were seen attending the swearingin ceremony Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani also attended the event with his wife Nita MNS chief and Uddhavs cousin Raj Thackeray was also seen in the event with his familyMaharashtraGovtFormation Business tycoon MukeshAmbani and wife NitaAmbani arrive for the swearingin ceremony of UddhavThackerayShivajiPark MaharashtraPoliticsFor LIVE updates httpstcoM2ax6VTTjc pictwittercomrUzz1kHS13mdash midday mid_day November 28 2019Amidst speculations over the vacant deputy chief ministerrsquos post NCPrsquos Ajit Pawar said I will not take oath today Only Chhagan Bhujbal and Jayant Patil will take oath as ministers from the NCP Sources in the NCP said Ajit Pawar will get the deputy chief ministers postNCP leader who tookoath as minister greets party president Sharad PawarSources in the Congress said only Thorat and Raut who is chairman of the AICCs scheduled caste department will take oath on Thursday while other MLAs will be considered when the Cabinet expansion takes place after December 3 The Thackeray government will have to prove its majority before that dateMaharashtraGovtFormation Herersquos an aerial view from the swearing in ceremony of UddhavThackarey held at ShivajiPark DadarPc Ashish Raje For LIVE updates httpstcoM2ax6WbuHM pictwittercomWdr0qZfimPmdash midday mid_day November 28 2019Ahead of the ceremony NCP leaders Jayant Patil and Nawab Malik and Sena leader Eknath Shinde announced the CMP proposals at a media briefing here The programme consists of a complete loan waiver to farmers in the state as well as one rupee clinic across the state which will provide basic screening of people across the state they said Senas most discussed promise during the Assembly poll campaign of offering a full meal at Rs 10 also figures in the CMPWith inputs from agenciesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates