NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that the three representatives of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' will meet the Governor today. Swearing-in ceremony to be held at Shivaji Park, Mumbai on December 1
Shiv Sena chief and leader of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' Uddhav Thackeray. Picture/Twitter Office of Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine's Chief Ministerial nominee Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday night reached Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form government in Maharashtra. Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena, was accompanied by legislature party leaders of the Sena, the NCP, and the Congress, a Sena leader said.
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Mumbai: Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena leaders arrive at the Raj Bhavan. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has been elected as the CM candidate of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi'. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/E6DLrviVP6
— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2019
"We are submitting a joint statement of staking a claim for government formation before the governor. We will also produce proof of the support of all the MLAs of the three parties to the governor as a part of the mandatory procedure," said the leader.
Earlier, during a joint meeting of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP MLAs at a hotel in Mumbai, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, "Three representatives of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' will meet the Governor today. Swearing-in ceremony to be held at Shivaji Park, Mumbai on December 1."
Mumbai: Resolution proposing Uddhav Thackeray's name as the Chief Minister candidate and leader of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' passed unanimously by all MLAs. NCP chief Sharad Pawar presents him a bouquet. #Maharashtra https://t.co/6sxU30qgOn pic.twitter.com/qABrF7HKdR
— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2019
At the joint meeting, all the MLAs of Sena-NCP-Congress alliance passed a unanimous resolution supporting Uddhav Thackeray's name as the chief ministerial candidate and the leader of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi'. The decision came a few hours after the four-day-old BJP government led by Devendra Fadnavis and supported by NCP's Ajit Pawar collapsed.
Upon being elected as the leader of the Sena-NCP-Cong alliance, Uddhav Thackeray said, "I had never dreamed of leading the state. I would like to thank Sonia Gandhi and others. We are giving a new direction to the country by keeping faith on each other."
On Wednesday in a special assembly session protem Speaker Kalidas Kolambkar is expected to swear in the new MLAs.
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