Maharashtra: PM Modi congratulates Uddhav Thackeray

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on taking oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister.


"Congratulations to Uddhav Thackeray Ji on taking oath as the CM of Maharashtra. I am confident he will work diligently for the bright future of Maharashtra," he tweeted.



Thackeray, 59, became the third Sena leader after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane to occupy the top post.

Thackeray took over as chief minister over a month after results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections were declared on October 24.

Eknath Shinde, Subhash Desai (both Shiv Sena), Jayant Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both NCP),

Balasaheb Thorat

and

Nitin Raut

(both Congress) were sworn in as ministers.

Governor

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

administered oath to Thackeray and the six ministers at the ceremony held at Shivaji Park, the venue of Shiv Sena's Dussehra rallies.

Those present at the ceremony included NCP chief Sharad Pawar, senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel and Mallikarjun Kharge, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, MNS chief Raj Thackeray and DMK leader MK Stalin.