A month after allying with BJP and becoming the deputy CM under Devendra Fadnavis for just 80 hours, NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Monday again took oath as the deputy CM, this time under the Maha Vikas Aghadi Aghadi government headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray's son Aaditya Thackeray and former chief minister Ashok Chavan also took oath as Cabinet ministers. A total of 36 ministers, including Cabinet Minister and Minister of State ranks, took oath today. According to the initial seat-sharing formula, the Shiv Sena would get 15 ministers apart from the Chief Minister, NCP 14 and Congress 12. On November 23, Ajit Pawar had allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister under then BJP Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Source: dna December 30, 2019 05:41 UTC