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Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM as Uddhav Thackeray expands his Maharashtra cabinet

Sources said Thackeray's son Aaditya could be made a cabinet minister. Besides Pawar, Congress leader Ashok Chavan was also sworn in Monday.

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Mumbai: NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Monday during expansion of the Uddhav Thackeray-led council of ministers.

Pawar was sworn in to the post for the second time in just over a month.

Earlier, Pawar took oath as deputy CM on November 23 after he rebelled against the NCP and joined hands with the BJP. However, he resigned on November 26, leading to collapse of the three-day Devendra Fadnavis government.

Besides Pawar, former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan also took oath as Cabinet minister in the Thackeray-led government on Monday.

NCP leader and former Assembly speaker Dilip Walse Patil, former leader of opposition in the Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde and former LoP in Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar were also sworn in.

According to highly placed sources, Aditya Thackeray and 24 other leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance will be sworn-in as Cabinet ministers whereas a total of 10 MLAs including Shiv Sena’s Abdul Sattar will become ministers of state. Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik, legislators Anil Deshmukh, Hasan Mushrif, Rajendra Shingne, Rajesh Tope, Jitendra Awhad, and Balasaheb Patil will take oath as Cabinet ministers from NCP quota.

Shiv Sena’s Abdul Sattar, Shambhuraj Desai, Congress’ Satej alias Banti Patil and Vishwajeet Kadam are among the MLAs who will take oath as ministers of state.
Independent MLAs Bachhu Kadu and Rajendra Patil Yadravkar, who supported Shiv Sena after polls, will also be inducted as ministers of state.

Governor B S Koshyari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers in the Vidhan Bhavan (state legislature) complex.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar were among those present at the swearing-in ceremony.


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