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NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra during expansion of the Uddhav Thackeray-led council of ministers.Pawar was sworn in to the post for the second time in just over a month.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar were among those present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Earlier, Pawar took oath as deputy CM on November 23 after he rebelled against the NCP and joined hands with the BJP. However, he resigned on November 26, leading to collapse of the three-day Devendra Fadnavis government.
Besides Pawar, former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan also took oath as Cabinet ministers .NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik too took oath
NCP leader and former Assembly speaker Dilip Walse Patil, former leader of opposition in the Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde and former LoP in Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar were also sworn in.
Shiv Sena’s Aaditya Thackeray takes oath as minister in Maharashtra Government. pic.twitter.com/ammdFNEuO1
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In another major decision , Aaditya Thackeray, who became the first member of his family to take the poll plunge sworn in as minister in the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance government.
