Mumbai: NCP leader Ajit Pawar as Deputy CM and eight other MLAs sworn in as Ministers in Maharashtra Eknath Shinde’s Government on Sunday at 4 Pm. Maharashtra Governor administered the oath with NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oat as Deputy Chief Minister and other eight MLAs as Minister.

The newly elected MLAs in Eknath Shinde cabinet are Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Aditi Tatkare, Dhananjay Munde, Hasan Mushrif, Dharmaraj Babarao Atram, Sanjay Bansode and Anil Bhaidas Patil. The fourth swearing-in ceremony Maharashtra has seen in as many years.

After completion of sworn – in – ceremony Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that he is welcoming Ajit Pawar in his cabinet. Now we have 1 Chief Minister and 2 Deputy Chief Ministers. The double-engine government has now become triple engine. For the development of Maharashtra, I welcome Ajit Pawar and his leaders. Ajit Pawar’s experience will help.

The move comes just days after Ajit Pawar publicly expressed his desire to step down as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly. A group of NCP legislators met at Ajit Pawar’s Mumbai residence, where the party’s working president Supriya Sule and senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal were also in attendance. State party president Jayant Patil was not present in the meeting.