Cong-NCP ministry to be sworn in today

The swearing-in of the new Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra will take place on Saturday with the end of the fortnight-long deadlock over government formation in the state after the Assembly elections brought the two parties to power for the third time in a row.

The Congress will have 23 ministers and NCP 20. While all NCP ministers are expected to take oath on Saturday, the Congress ministers would be sworn in in two phases.