EKNATH SHINDE TAKES OATH AS MAHARASHTRA CM, FADNAVIS IS DEPUTY CM

Mumbai (The Quiver) : On Thursday , Eknath Shinde took oath as the new chief minister of Maharashtra at the Raj Bhavan. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the deputy chief minister.

In an unexpected turn of events, when the people of Maharashtra were all set to welcome Devendra Fadnavis as the new chief minister of the state, Fadnavis announced that Eknath Shinde would be the next CM while addressing a press conference. The announcement came shortly after Shinde and Fadnavis went to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Raj Bhavan to stake a claim to form the government.

However, within an hour, BJP president JP Nadda said that the party high command wanted Devendra Fadnavis to become the deputy CM.

This is the victory of the ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray and ‘Dharmaveer’ Anand Dighe. Our government will work in the interest of the general people and for the development of the state,” Shinde said after taking oath.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Eknath Shinde and Fadnavis on being sworn-in as the chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively.