Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet colleagues Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states and prominent personalities from industry and Bollywood on Thursday attended the grand swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister.

Prominent leaders from the Opposition like the Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar, and Maharashtra Congress head Nana Patole, who were invited for the ceremony, skipped the event. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, too, did not attend the gala gathering.