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Devendra Fadnavis took his third time oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday, in front of a slew of NDA heavyweights, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a lavish ceremony.
Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered Fadnavis’ oath.
With Thursday’s swearing-in, Fadnavis began his 3.0 innings. Former Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers of the Fadnavis-led council of ministers.
Fadnavis is anticipated to enlarge his cabinet on December 11 or 12, ahead of the impending winter session of the state legislature, which begins on December 16 in Nagpur.
At 5.30 p.m., the swearing-in ceremony began with a national anthem and a Maharashtra song, and it ended at 5.45.
Eknath Shinde, who had been hesitant until this morning, has joined as Deputy Chief Minister, fulfilling the desires of Fadnavis and a number of Shiv Sena leaders.
Union ministers like as Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Chouhan, JP Nadda (also the BJP president), Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Bhupendra Yadav, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Chirag Paswan, HD Kumaraswamy, and Ramdas Athavale were among those in attendance.
Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states and allies, including Yogi Adityanath, Nitish Kumar, N Chandrababu Naidu, Pramod Sawant, Mohan Yadav, Vishnu Deo Sai, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Mohan Charan Majhi, were also in attendance.
Over 40,000 people attended the occasion, including industry heavyweights Mukesh Ambani, Anant Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Anil Ambani, Dilip Sanghavi, and Deepak Parekh.
Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranvir Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, and Madhuri Dikshit, among others, attended in great numbers.
Consul Generals from other nations were also present.
More than 10,000 Ladki Bahins, 2,000 farmers, and 5,000 chairmen and secretaries of cooperative societies, in addition to BJP officials and cadres Shiv Sena and NCP had thronged the venue to be part of the grand ceremony.
The celebration was attended by around 300 saints, influencers, professionals like as doctors and chartered accountants, as well as Bollywood and Marathi film actors.
Azad Maidan, which is located near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in South Mumbai, has seen increased security. More than 5,000 police officers have been deployed, in addition to teams from the state reserve police force, anti-riot force, and rapid action force.
Five more police commissioners, 15 deputy commissioners, and 29 assistant commissioners were appointed to oversee security and ensure an incident-free swearing-in ceremony. The police will also utilize drones to maintain a close monitor.
