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Confident they will work diligently': PM congratulates Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar

Modi on Saturday congratulated Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar who took oath as CM and Dy CM of Maharashtra respectively.

New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events on Saturday morning, Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took oath as the Maharashtra chief minister along with NCP leader Ajit Pawar as his deputy. Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath to the two leaders at Raj Bhawan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first politicians to congratulate Fadnavis and Pawar.

Taking to Twitter, Modi said: “I am confident they will work diligently for the bright future of Maharashtra.”

Amit Shah also took to Twitter to congratulate the two.

After the oath ceremony, Fadnavis said: “People had given us a clear mandate, but Shiv Sena tried to ally with other parties after results, as a result President's rule was imposed. Maharashtra needed a stable government not a 'khichdi' government.”

“From result day to this day no party was able to form government. Maharashtra was facing many problems including farmer issues, so we decided to form a stable government,” Ajit Pawar said.

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