Devendra Fadnavis - Eknath Shinde's Shoutout To PM Modi, Bal Thackeray In Oath Ceremony

Devendra Fadnavis - Eknath Shinde took the oath of office as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister. The nearly two weeks of "will he, won't he" drama surrounding the Shiv Sena leader's decision to resign his ambition of becoming the state's top official in favor of becoming Devendra Fadnavis' assistant came to an end Thursday night.

After Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in, the Sena leader got up to say the oath a little after 5:30 p.m., but he briefly deviated from the script to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah while also praising Balasaheb Thackeray, the founder of the Shiv Sena.

Governor CP Radhakrishnan was waiting to read the oath when Eknath Shinde approached the microphone. "Mein (1)..." was the only word Mr. Radhakrishnan could manage before Mr. Shinde took over. Both the Prime Minister and Mr. Radhakrishnan appeared to be extremely unimpressed. Mr. Shinde continued for forty seconds before being corrected, during which he also mentioned his political mentor, the late Sena leader Anand Dighe.

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