Speaking to ANI, Uday Samant said, "This is politics of both sides. Not taking oath (as MLAs) yesterday and taking oath today is politics of both sides, people of Maharashtra know this and that is why the voters of the state gave a mandate to Mahayuti."
Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra President Abu Azmi expressed dissatisfaction with the "communal remarks" made by Shiv Sena (UBT) and pulled out of the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) alliance on Saturday.
A total of 173 newly elected MLAs took oath today before the house was adjourned.
Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs Abu Azmi and Raees Sheikh took their oath of office today, despite opposition from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. Meanwhile, the remaining 115 MLAs, largely from the opposition
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his cabinet with four new ministers taking oath during a swearing-in ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardeva International Auditorium in Guwahati.
"There is no point in making such allegations here. They (the opposition) should go to the Election Commission and if they do not get justice there, they should approach the court," said the newly sworn-in MLA Ajit Pawar.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said that the party's winning MLAs will not take the oath of office on Saturday during the ongoing special session of Maharashtra Legsilative Assembly.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Saturday.
The BJP MLA took oath in the Maharashtra Raj Bhawan administered by the state governor CP Radhakrishnan in the presence of the newly elected Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.
"Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took charge of the ministry today evening after the swearing-in ceremony. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was present on this occasion," wrote CMO Maharashtra in a social media post on X.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia called the oath-taking ceremony of the Maharashtra government a "historic day" for the state and expressed confidence that the newly formed Mahayuti government, led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde, and Ajit Pawar, will