The oath-taking ceremony is reportedly about to take place in Raj Bhawan shortly.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar is expected to join the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as the deputy chief minister on Sunday, as per media reports. He will share the post with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis.
The oath-taking ceremony is about to take place in Raj Bhawan shortly.
Nine NCP leaders who are set to take oath as ministers are present at the venue, our correspondent Sudhir Suryawanshi reports.
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Ajit Pawar recently said he was not keen on continuing as the leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Maharashtra Assembly and wanted to work in the party organisation.
Earlier today, Pawar met some party leaders and MLAs at his official residence in Mumbai.
