Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, while BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to him after 7.30 pm at the Raj Bhavan in South Mumbai.
Mumbai: Eknath Shinde takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/F7GpqxGozq— ANI (@ANI) 30 June 2022
Shinde began by paying tributes to late Shiv Sena leaders Bal Thackeray and Anand Dighe. His supporters shouted slogans after the swearing-in of Thackeray and Dighe, hailing them.
Earlier on Thursday, after BJP president JP Nadda said that Fadnavis would be part of the new Maharashtra cabinet under Shinde, Fadnavis announced that he would not be in the government.
Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/UM5XmxBCPZ
— ANI (@ANI) 30 June 2022
Fadnavis was shocked when he announced that Shinde would be the next chief minister. His announcement defied expectations that he would return to the post with the support of the Shinde faction.
Shinde said after the function, “The development of the state is my priority. I will take all sections of the society along.”