Devendra Fadnavis sworn is as 27th Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Devendra Fadnavis on Friday took oath as the 27th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the first from BJP in the state, at a grand function in Mumbai's wankhade stadium.

Fadnavis, a fourth-term MLA from Nagpur, is now the 27th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the 18th person to hold the post. He will also be the fourth politician from Vidarbha region to become CM and at 44, the second youngest person to hold the top post in Maharashtra. 

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Along with Devendra Fadnavis,Maharashtra Governor Vidysagar Rao gave oath to seven Cabinet Ministers and two Ministers of state. Eknath Khadse, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vinod Tawde, Pankaja Gopinath Munde, Vishnu Rama Savra took oath as Cabinet Ministers, while Vidya Jaiprakash Thakur and Dilip Nyandev Kamble took oath as minister of state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP patriarch L K Advani, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, NCP leader and former Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, Andhra Pradesh cM Chandra Babu Naidu and dignitaries from across the country  were present at the event.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who was to skip the swearing-in ceremony as he was upset over the Shiv Sena not finding a place in the government, attended the ceremony after BJP chief Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis had a telephonic conversation and invited him for the event.

Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on October 28 had elected Fadnavis for the top post. The decision was taken in the BJP legislature party meeting in the Vidhan Bhavan in the presence of the party's central observers, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP national general secretary JP Nadda. 

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16:52 IST Friday, 31 October 2014

Vidya Jaiprakash Thakur and Dilip Nyandev Kamble takes oath as minister of state.

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Eknath Khadse, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vinod Tawde, Pankaja Gopinath Munde, Vishnu Rama Savra takes oath as cabinet minister

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NCP leader Prafull Patel and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar arrives at Wankhade. 

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BJP leader Shaina NC and Vasundhara Raja arrives at the venue.

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Famous Marathi Artist Ashok Hande and his team performing cultural program.

15:29 IST Friday, 31 October 2014

BJP leader Kirit Somayya, Om Prakash Mathur, Ashish Shelar, Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Pratap Rudy present at Wankhade stadium.

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Uddhav Thackeray to attend swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis after call from BJP president Amit Shah, says Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut. 

14:59 IST Friday, 31 October 2014

A thick security blanket has been thrown in and around the iconic Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai with more than 2,500 security personnel being deployed for the swearing-in ceremony.

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Eknath Khadse, party's powerful leader in North Maharashtra, who had demanded that somebody from the region be made CM, Mungantiwar, who had pitched for Union Minister and former BJP president Nitin Gadkari for the post, and Pankaja Munde, daughter of influential OBC leader late Gopinath Munde, all had proposed - seconded name of Fadnavis for the top job.

The 44-year-old state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis, under whose leadership the party registered its most impressive performance in Maharashtra till date, is said to have the backing of both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Fadnavis won the assembly election from Nagpur South West constituency by more than 30,000 votes.