Updated On: 04 December, 2024 07:16 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Earlier in the day, when the outgoing CM was asked if he and Pawar would take oath on Thursday as Devendra Fadnavis's deputies, Shinde said that he would give a confirmation on his role in the new govt by evening

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Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is set to take oath on Thursday evening as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM), news agency ANI stated, quoting Shiv Sena sources.
While Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the Maharashtra CM, Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar will also take oath as the Deputy CM.