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Maharashtra CM: New CM likely to take oath on this date, check out all developments

Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde & Ajit Pawar

New Delhi: The oath-taking ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra likely to be held on December 5. 

According to Dynamite News correspondent, BJP's Maharashtra legislative party meeting is likely to be held on December 2 in which the party would choose the CM.

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CM's oath-taking ceremony
The BJP sources said that the new Chief Minister will be sworn in on December 5. 

Shiv Sena seeks Home Department  
Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, a part of the Mahayuti alliance, has demanded the Home Department in the new government of Maharashtra.

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Eknath Shinde 
Notably, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde last Wednesday said that the BJP high command would take the final decision on the CM's post and that he would accept any candidate from Mahayuti as CM.

Shinde resigned as Chief Minister on Tuesday following Mahayuti's landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections in which the alliance won 230 out of 288 seats. Currently, Shinde is a caretaker CM. 

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