After a series of ups and downs, Uddhav Thackrey is all set to take the oath as the Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra today. The ceremony which would be held in the iconic Shivaji park on Thursday evening would see many top-notch leaders from the three parties in attendance.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is all set to take oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra, capping off a month-long political drama in the state following the Assembly elections
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The ‘to be’ CM Uddhav called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him to his oath ceremony late on Wednesday. He also sent a letter of invitation to the PM as well. The chances of PM attending the event are however, less.
PM Narendra Modi calls Uddhav Thackarey on eve of his swearing as Chief Minister, Congratulates him. pic.twitter.com/lXcvRY1ld5
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh were also expected to attend the event however as per sources they would not be there. Uddhav’s son Aditya went to Delhi to give invitation to Manmohan and Sonia.
Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s residence to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister of #Maharashtra, tomorrow. https://t.co/8HXDkuFicN pic.twitter.com/Y399YsClJQ
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Invitations were also sent to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, DMK president MK Stalin, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and nearly 400 farmers from various districts of Maharashtra for the swearing-in ceremony. While Kejriwal expressed his inability to come others including top opposition leaders are expected to attend the ceremony.
Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray at Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s residence to invite him for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister of #Maharashtra, tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/QQznDYSfoc
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This would be the first time that a Thackrey family member would become the CM of Maharashtra. Also, it would be the first time in the past 20 years that Shiv Sena would have its CM in Maharashtra.
Sonia, Mamata, Kejriwal, Stalin among invitees for Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in as CM
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Uddhav is expected to have only one Deputy Cheif Minister which is more likely to come from the NCP. The speaker would be from Congress while the deputy speaker post would be given to NCP.
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Only two or three MLAs would be sworn in along with Uddhav on Thursday. The Shivaji Park is all set to host a crowd of around 70, 000 people with deployment of 2,000 policemen for the event. The ceremony would take place on 6:40 PM on Wednesday.
