<p>Mumbai: BJP leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/devendra-fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis </a>on Wednesday said the post of Chief Minister is a "technical arrangement" and he would run the new Maha Yuti coalition government in Maharashtra by taking allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar along. </p><p>Fadnavis was speaking to reporters after meeting Governor C P Radhakrishnan who invited him to form the next government. He was accompanied by Shinde and Pawar. </p>.Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn-in as next Maharashtra CM. List of past CMs.<p>"Chief minister's post is a technical arrangement. All three of us will work together unitedly," Fadnavis said. "I and two deputy chief ministers will take oath (during the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday evening). It is yet to be decided how many ministers will take oath," he informed. </p><p>He met Shinde on Tuesday evening and invited him to join the government, Fadnavis added. </p>.Only CM and two deputy CMs to take oath on Dec 5, says Sena leader Uday Samant.<p>But Shinde, currently the caretaker CM, evaded reply when asked whether he will join the government. ''Wait till evening," said the Shiv Sena president who was chief minister of the Maha Yuti government from July 2022 onwards. </p><p>Ajit Pawar interjected, saying he was going to take oath (as deputy CM), drawing laughter. "He has experience. He can take oath in the morning as well as in the evening," Shinde replied in the same vein, apparently referring to Pawar's early morning oath-taking as Fadnavis's deputy when the BJP and an NCP faction led by him formed a short-lived government in 2019. </p>.Devendra Fadnavis back as 31st Maharashtra CM: Here's all you need to know about him.<p>Fadnavis informed that besides the Sena and NCP, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Jansurajya Shakti Party, Yuva Swabhiman Paksh's Ravi Rana and two other independent MLAs have given him letters of support. </p><p>The swearing-in will take place at Azad Maidan ground in south Mumbai at 5.30 pm on Thursday, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers besides chief ministers of NDA-ruled states. </p>.Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Maha Yuti govt swearing-in on Dec 5 with PM Modi in attendance .<p>Ajit Pawar said the new government will function unitedly, while Shinde said he was satisfied with his two and half years' tenure during which welfare measures and development agenda were pursued in a balanced way. </p><p>''We will work as a team. Our responsibility has grown because of the huge mandate," said Shinde. The Maha Yuti coalition won the last month's Assembly elections by a landslide, bagging 230 of 288 seats.</p>
<p>Mumbai: BJP leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/devendra-fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis </a>on Wednesday said the post of Chief Minister is a "technical arrangement" and he would run the new Maha Yuti coalition government in Maharashtra by taking allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar along. </p><p>Fadnavis was speaking to reporters after meeting Governor C P Radhakrishnan who invited him to form the next government. He was accompanied by Shinde and Pawar. </p>.Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn-in as next Maharashtra CM. List of past CMs.<p>"Chief minister's post is a technical arrangement. All three of us will work together unitedly," Fadnavis said. "I and two deputy chief ministers will take oath (during the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday evening). It is yet to be decided how many ministers will take oath," he informed. </p><p>He met Shinde on Tuesday evening and invited him to join the government, Fadnavis added. </p>.Only CM and two deputy CMs to take oath on Dec 5, says Sena leader Uday Samant.<p>But Shinde, currently the caretaker CM, evaded reply when asked whether he will join the government. ''Wait till evening," said the Shiv Sena president who was chief minister of the Maha Yuti government from July 2022 onwards. </p><p>Ajit Pawar interjected, saying he was going to take oath (as deputy CM), drawing laughter. "He has experience. He can take oath in the morning as well as in the evening," Shinde replied in the same vein, apparently referring to Pawar's early morning oath-taking as Fadnavis's deputy when the BJP and an NCP faction led by him formed a short-lived government in 2019. </p>.Devendra Fadnavis back as 31st Maharashtra CM: Here's all you need to know about him.<p>Fadnavis informed that besides the Sena and NCP, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Jansurajya Shakti Party, Yuva Swabhiman Paksh's Ravi Rana and two other independent MLAs have given him letters of support. </p><p>The swearing-in will take place at Azad Maidan ground in south Mumbai at 5.30 pm on Thursday, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers besides chief ministers of NDA-ruled states. </p>.Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 | Maha Yuti govt swearing-in on Dec 5 with PM Modi in attendance .<p>Ajit Pawar said the new government will function unitedly, while Shinde said he was satisfied with his two and half years' tenure during which welfare measures and development agenda were pursued in a balanced way. </p><p>''We will work as a team. Our responsibility has grown because of the huge mandate," said Shinde. The Maha Yuti coalition won the last month's Assembly elections by a landslide, bagging 230 of 288 seats.</p>