Devendra Fadnavis Sworn in as Chief Minister of MaharashtraEknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar Sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers

The oath-taking ceremony was held at the historic Azad Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mumbai : Devendra Sarita Gangadharrao Fadnavis was sworn in as the 31st Chief Minister of Maharashtra by Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan.

During the ceremony, held at the historic Azad Maidan in the august presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan also administered the oath of office and secrecy to Eknath Gangubai Sambhaji Shinde and Ajit Ashatai Anantrao Pawar as Deputy Chief Ministers. The oath-taking event was conducted by the state’s Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik.

The event witnessed the presence of prominent leaders on stage, including Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Union IT and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Heavy Industries Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Education Minister Dharmendra

Pradhan, Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Union Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan, and several Chief Ministers from across the country.

The ceremony was graced by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnudeo Sai, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, Tripura CM Manik Saha, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Puducherry CM N. Rangaswamy, Odisha CM Mohan Manjhi, Manipur CM N. Biren Singh, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, and Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang.

Additionally, several Union Ministers of State, including Ramdas Athawale, Muralidhar Mohol, Prataprao Jadhav, Raksha Khadse, and various Deputy Chief Ministers such as Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, Pawan Kalyan, Rajendra Shukla, Arun Savo, Vijay Sharma, Premchand Bairwa, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Samrat Choudhary, Kanak Bardhan Singh Deo, Pravati Parida, Chowna Mein, Prestone Tynsong, Yanthungo Patton, T.R. Zeliang, S. Dhar, and Smt. Diya Kumari, were present.

Spiritual leaders, saints, and mahants from various religions, Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, senior leaders from various political parties, dignitaries from the industries, sports, and entertainment fields, as well as special invitees, attended the grand ceremony.

The event commenced with the national anthem and the state song, setting the tone for the prestigious occasion.