Swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti alliance to take place on Dec 5, announces BJP Maharashtra chief

It will be held at 5 pm at Azad Maidan in Mumbai

The oath-taking ceremony of the Maharashtra chief minister and newly-formed BJP-led Mahayuti government will take place on December 5, Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced.

It will be held at 5 pm at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, he said on X.

While the swearing-in ceremony for the new Maharashtra government is scheduled, the appointment of the chief minister remains uncertain. Speculation continues to swirl about who will be the next CM after Eknath Shinde.

“Oath-taking ceremony of the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. It will be held in the presence of the pride of the world, Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 5 PM at Azad Maidan, Mumbai,” Bawankule wrote in his post.

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The Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) retained power in the state with a landslide victory in the recently-held assembly elections, the results of which were announced on November 23.

While the simple majority figure in the 288-member House is 145, the BJP alone bagged 132 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 57 and NCP with 41 seats.

But the government formation was delayed as the alliance failed to evolve consensus on who would be the chief minister.

Shinde, Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar met BJP president JP Nadda and Union minister Shah late Thursday night to discuss the power-sharing arrangement.