'Will extend all possible cooperation to Devendra Fadnavis and work as team'

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said he would extend all possible cooperation to Chief Minister CM Devendra Fadnavis and work as a team news agency PTI reportedAddressing a news conference Shinde described his tenure as chief minister as very successfulI will extend all possible cooperation to the chief minister We will work as a team Shinde told reporters according to PTIPlaying on the acronyms CM chief minister and DCM deputy chief minister Shinde said he worked as a common man and would now be dedicated to the common manScripting a powerful comeback Fadnavis took oath as Maharashtra CM on Thursday evening while Shinde and Ajit Pawar the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled Mahayuti alliance were sworn in as deputy CMs at a grand ceremony in south Mumbais sprawling Azad MaidanImmediately after the ceremony the three leaders drove together to Mantralaya the state secretariat where Fadnavis chaired the maiden cabinet meeting of the new regime and also addressed a press conferenceThe swearingin ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi several Union ministers and CMs of various states apart from thousands of supporters of the Mahayuti alliance The leaders took the oath almost a fortnight after the results of the state assembly elections were declared on 23 NovemberOpposition MVA skips swearingin ceremonyHowever the opposition leaders were conspicuous by their absence at the starstruck event which was preceded by a musical show by the music composer brothers Ajay and Atul GogavaleNo other ministers were sworn in The ministry will be expanded next week ahead of the winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur PTI stated quoting a BJP leaderThose present at the ceremony included Union Ministers Amit Shah JP Nadda Rajnath Singh Nitin Gadkari and Shivraj Singh Chouhan CMs of various National Democratic Alliance NDAruled states who were present at the function included Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh Nitish Kumar Bihar Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam Mohan Yadav Madhya Pradesh and Pramod Sawant GoaAlso present were actors Shah Rukh Khan Salman Khan Ranbir Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and industrialist Mukesh AmbaniCongratulations to Shri Devendra Fadnavis Ji on taking oath as Maharashtras Chief Minister Congratulations to Shri Eknath Shinde Ji and Shri Ajit Pawar Ji on taking oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of the state Modi said on X after the ceremonyThis team is a blend of experience and dynamism and it is due to this teams collective efforts that the Mahayuti has got a historic mandate in Maharashtra This team will do everything possible to fulfil the aspirations of the people of the state and to ensure there is good governance I assure all possible support from the Centre in furthering development in Maharashtra Modi addedFadnavis approves Rs 5lakh aid to bone marrow transplant patientFiftyfouryearold Fadnavis who won the polls from the Nagpur South West Constituency was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor CP Radhakrishnan who also swore in Shinde 60 and Pawar 65While this is Fadnaviss third term as CM Pawar took oath for the sixth time as deputy CM Fadnavis has also become the states first deputy CM to become the CMSigning his first file after taking charge of office Fadnavis approved a proposal to provide financial assistance of 5 lakh for a patient awaiting a bone marrow transplant Punebased Chandrakant Kurhades wife had sought help from the CMs relief fund for her husbands treatment Fadnavis signed on the file before he chaired the first cabinet meetingOur government will work with transparency for the welfare of the people Fadnavis told reporters at Mantralaya after the swearingin ceremonyWe dont want to indulge in vendetta politics he said referring to the fewer numbers of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA in the legislatureFadnavis also called for an overhaul of political culture in the state There should be political communication he said referring to the invitation for the swearingin ceremony extended by him to prominent opposition leaders such as Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray who did not attend the eventIncidentally Fadnavis had attended the oathtaking ceremony of the Uddhav Thackerayled MVA government in 2019The state cabinet in its first meeting held in the evening recommended to the Governor that the assembly session to administer the oath to new legislators be held from Saturday and the election of the House Speaker be held on the last day of the session on December 9Hours before Fadnavis took oath as CM for the third time his banker and singer wife Amruta called it a beautiful dayThis is a happy occasion and the sense of responsibility is greater she saidFadnavis emerged as the frontrunner for the top post as he was the face of the BJPs campaign and led the party to victory in 132 seats in the 288member HouseThe BJPShiv SenaNCP Mahayuti coalition has a commanding majority of 230 seatsA delegation of the ruling Mahayuti alliance met the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday soon after Fadnavis was unanimously elected state BJP legislature party leaderFadnavis who has served as chief minister twice led the BJPShiv Sena government from 2014 to 2019 After the 2019 elections when the then Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena broke ties with the BJP over the CM post Fadnavis was sworn in again with Ajit Pawar as his deputyHowever that government lasted only 72 hours due to Pawars failure to secure sufficient support from NCP MLAsWith PTI inputs