Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as Maharashtra CM
Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray was on Thursday sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at a grand ceremony held at the Shivaji Park.
Uddhav is the first member from Thackeray family to become the Chief Minister and the third Shiv Sena leader to hold the top post after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane.
He is leading a government of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Congress.
Mumbai: The oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray & others concludes. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/ShtgPL1OS7
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2019
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Kapil Sibbal, KTS Tulsi, MK Stalin, SK Shinde, Sanjay Raut, and Prithviraj Chavan, MNS leader and Uddhav's cousin Raj Thackeray were among several leaders who attended the ceremony.
On Tuesday, Thackeray had been unanimously elected as the leader of the tri-party alliance -- Maha Vikas Aghadi.
-ANI
Also Read: Uddhav Thackeray's Journey: From photographer to first-ever CM of Maharashtra from Thackeray clan
First published: 28 November 2019, 19:41 IST
