Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on December 5, for the third time following a landslide victory for the Mahayuti alliance in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition, which includes Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), secured a decisive mandate, winning 230 out of 288 seats in the state legislature.
The BJP emerged as the dominant force, clinching 132 seats, while Shiv Sena won 57 seats, and the NCP secured 41 seats. This overwhelming victory not only solidifies Fadnavis’s political leadership in the state but also marks a significant success for the Mahayuti alliance in a highly competitive political landscape.
Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and CMs & Deputy CMs of NDA-ruled states, Union Ministers,… pic.twitter.com/NB5DyrX8ao
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PM Narendra Modi was present at the oath taking ceremony and he congratulated Devendra Fadnavis after he took oath.
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Eknath Shinde took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister.
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NCP chief Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy CM of Maharashtra
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The oath taking ceremony took place at the Azad Maidan. The ceremony witnessed the presence of prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Chief Ministers from various states, such as Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh), Pramod Sawant (Goa), Bhupendra Patel (Gujarat), and Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), were also in attendance.
Prominent personalities, including cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, and Madhuri Dixit, graced the event.
Born on July 22, 1970, into a middle-class family in Nagpur, Fadnavis holds a graduate degree in law, a postgraduate degree in business management, and a diploma in project management.
Fadnavis began his political career in 1992 when he was elected as a councillor in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, serving two consecutive terms. Subsequently, he has been elected as an MLA for five consecutive terms.
From 2014 to 2019, Fadnavis served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, becoming the second-youngest Chief Minister in the state’s history after Sharad Pawar.
In addition to his role as Chief Minister, Fadnavis held key portfolios, including Home, General Administration, IT, Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Ports, and Information & Public Relations.
During his tenure as Chief Minister, he spearheaded several flagship projects and initiatives, such as Mumbai Next, the Police Digitisation Project, the Samruddhi Expressway, and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Krishi Sanman Scheme.
Fadnavis briefly held the Chief Minister’s post for five days during the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis. This occurred after the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray, formed a government with the Congress and the then-united Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), breaking its longstanding alliance with the BJP.
