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Third Term : Suspense Ends, Devendra Fadnavis To Take Oath As Chief Minister ; Mega Event Planned At Azad Maidan
An official invitation card of swearing-in ceremony sourced from Fadnavis’ office states that he is set to take oath as chief minister of the State at Azad Maidan in Mumbai at 5:30 pm in December 5
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Elected to lead the Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party, Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday termed the Assembly polls as “historic”, reiterated the “Ek Hain to Safe Hain” rhetoric of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during campaigning and added “Modi Hai to Mumkin hai”.
According to PTI, An official invitation card of swearing-in ceremony sourced from Fadnavis’ office states that he is set to take oath as chief minister of the State at Azad Maidan in Mumbai at 5:30 pm in December 5 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing the meeting of the BJP legislative party, the chief minister-elect extended his gratitude towards all leaders and MLAs present in the meeting for unanimously choosing him as the Leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party.
He further expressed gratitude to caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and NDA leader Ramdas Athawle.
“I thank everyone from the legislative party that you all chose me unanimously. And i thank our central observers Rupani ji and Nirmala ji also. As you all know that these were historic elections and these elections have proved that ‘Ek Hain to Safe Hain’ and ‘Modi Hai to Mumkin hai’. We have restarted our series of victories with Haryana and now Maharashtra, has given such a thumping mandate that I completely bow down before the Maharashtra voters. I also thank CM Eknath Shinde ji and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar along with Athawle ji and our other allies. Our constitution has given us the electoral process which was written by Baba Saheb Ambedkar is completing 75 years of age now.”
Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Vijay Rupani were present in today’s legislative party meeting as central observers.
