An NCP spokesperson said the party already elected Ajit Pawar as the CLP leader and he would be the party's first choice for the deputy chief minister's post.

Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday announced the date of swearing-in ceremony of the newly-formed Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on December 5.

The new chief minister of Maharashtra will be sworn in on December 5, 2024, at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced. He added that the ceremony will begin at 5:00pm and will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

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The Mahayuti government will take oath on December 5 at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, with Prime Minister Modi attending. The alliance, including BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, won 230 of the 288 assembly seats in the November 20 elections.

The oath-taking ceremony of the Maharashtra chief minister and newly-formed BJP-led Mahayuti government will take place on December 5

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat announced that the Maharashtra government's formation and swearing-in ceremony are expected before December 5. Devendra Fadnavis is the frontrunner for the chief minister position,