Uddhav Thackeray To Lead Sena-Cong-NCP Govt In Maharashtra; Oath Taking Ceremony On Nov 28

"Uddhav Thackeray will be the next chief minister, (NCP supremo Sharad) Pawar has already said. Uddhav-ji has also consented to be the chief minister," NCP said.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray being greeted after he was chosen as the nominee for Maharashtra chief minister's post by Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance, during a meeting in Mumbai. (Image: PTI)

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will take oath as Maharashtra CM on Thursday, November 28 at 5 pm, reports said. Ecstatic leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi will meet Governor Koshyari this evening to stake claim to form the government. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari  has called for a special Assembly session at 8 am tomorrow. Earlier it was reported that Thackeray along with other MLAs will take oath on December 1, but later NCP leader Jayant Patil informed that the MLAs will take oath at 8 am on November 27 and Sena chief will take oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra on November 28 at 5 pm. Top leaders of the three parties are currently meeting in Hotel Trident  where a resolution proposing Uddhav Thackeray's name as the Chief Minister candidate and leader of 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' was passed unanimously by all MLAs.  Sources say he will have a deputy each from the Congress and the NCP. Uddhav Thackeray is set to lead the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance government, called Maha Vikas Aghadi, in Maharashtra. Reports say the swearing-in function will be held in Shivaji park in Mumbai which holds a special place for the Thackeray family and the Sena. The party came into existence in Shivaji Park, and its founder Bal Thackeray was creamted there in 2012. Uddhav would be the next chief minister of Maharashtra, the NCP confirmed on Tuesday, while claiming that collapse of the Devendra Fadnavis government has punctured the BJP's "arrogance". He dismissed Devendra Fadnavis's claim that the Sena-NCP- Congress coalition will not last long, and stated that their government will run not only for five years, but for "20-25 years". Earlier in the day, Fadnavis tendered his resignation for want of numbers after his deputy, NCP's Ajit Pawar, stepped down citing "person reasons". "This is victory of the people...the people of Maharashtra have deflated the arrogance of BJP leaders," Malik told reporters ahead of a meeting of leaders of the NCP, Sena and Congress. "Uddhav Thackeray will be the next chief minister, (NCP supremo Sharad) Pawar has already said. Uddhav-ji has also consented to be the chief minister," Malik said. The leaders of the three parties will meet Governor Koshyari after their meeting, he said. In the assembly elections, the BJP won 105 seats and Shiv Sena 56, while the Congress-NCP combine won 98 seats in the 288-member assembly. (With agency inputs)