Invitations ready, stage set: Preparations for Fadnavis' oath taking ceremony in full swing

Devendra Fadnavis has been elected as the BJP's legislative party leader in Maharashtra and is set to be sworn in as Chief Minister on December 5th, 2024. The oath-taking ceremony will take place at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, with Prime Minister Modi expected to attend. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in the state assembly elections.

NEW DELHI: Moments after Devendra Fadnavis was elected as BJP 's legislative party leader, an invitation for the oath taking ceremony was shared by the team of Maharashtra's soon-to-be chief minister with the details. "The oath-taking ceremony of Shri. Devendra Sarita Gangadharrao Fadnavis as the Chief Minister of the State of Maharashtra, along with the Deputy Chief Minister and members of the Cabinet of the State of Maharashtra, will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM at Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai.

" Fadnavis is scheduled to meet Maharshtra governor along with Mahayuti allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar at 3 pm. Meanwhile, preparations are in full swing at the Azad maidan for the swearing in ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend the event. Additionally, central ministers, governors and key central BJP office- bearers are also expected to be present.

After eleven days of deliberations and rounds of meetings, the Bharatiya Janata Party finally elected Devendra Fadnavis as its CM pick after the party's core committee endorsed his name. Senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil proposed Fadnavis for the post which leaders like Pankaja Munde seconded. Earlier, Maharashtra's caretaker chief minister Eknath Shinde said the BJP will decide on the state's new CM who will have his full support, and asserted there were no differences among Mahayuti partners on government formation.

The Mahayuti of BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP won a landslide in Maharashtra completely decimating the opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). With 236 seats, the ruling coalition has retained power in the state with a thumping two-thirds majority in the 288-member assembly. The BJP has emerged as the biggest winner of this election winning 132 seats on its own at a whopping strike rate of nearly 90%.

This is 27 seats more than its tally five years back. The Shiv Sena and NCP also outperformed their rival factions in the opposition bloc. Sena with 57 seats and the NCP with 41 seats decimated the opposition, inflicting on the Congress party its worst-ever defeat in the state.

.