Fadnavis back as CM, Ajit Pawar deputy in Maharashtra political twist

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his congratulations to Fadnavis minutes after the swearing-in ceremony

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis was on Saturday morning sworn in as Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, forming a surprise alliance with his one-time rival—Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar—who took oath as deputy chief minister.

Newspaper headlines this morning said the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress—three parties with mismatched ideologies—had Friday night reached an agreement to form a government with Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister.

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