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While 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers, six took oath as ministers of state.
A senior BJP leader informed PTI that around 30-32 ministers are expected to take the oath.
Shiv Sena Chief Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar were sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
This marks the third tenure for Fadnavis, 54, as Maharashtra’s Chief Minister.
A beaming Pawar Sr personally welcomed the office-bearers, comprising 20 ex-municipal corporators including several women.
An invisible power is actively trying to finish off Shiv Sena and NCP, two important state-based parties.
In an order, the Election Commission (EC) also allotted the NCP symbol 'Wall Clock' to the group led by Ajit Pawar.
A group of people also set ablaze a car parked at the residence of Solanke located in Majalgaon after an audio clip of the MLA in which he purportedly spoke about the Maratha quota agitation and made a veiled comment on the fasting quota activist Manoj Jarange went viral.
Asserting that he was not old yet, Pawar echoed former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words, saying, "Na tired hu, na retired hu." (I am neither tired nor retired).
A statement issued on Wednesday on behalf of the Ajit Pawar-led faction also said that Praful Patel, who has deserted Sharad Pawar, continues to be the NCP working president.
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