Ajit Pawar takes oath as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Sunday.

Chhagan Bhujbal took oath after Ajit Pawar as the minister in Shinde cabinet.

Dilip Datta Walse Patil was the third NCP leader to be sworn in as minister.

Hasan Mushrif too was sworn in as a minister in the Shinde government.

Dhananjay Munde followed Mushrif and took oath as cabinet minister.

Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao was the fifth NCP leader to take oath as minister.

Aditi Sunil Tatkare took oath as minister followed by Sanjay Baburao Bansode.

Anil Bhaidas Patil was the ninth NCP leader who took oath.

Out of the total 53 NCP MLAs in the state, 30 are apparently with Ajit Pawar, who is the leader of opposition in the state Assembly.

Ajit Pawar met some party leaders and MLAs at his official residence 'Devgiri' in Mumbai earlier in the day.

Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and party's working president Supriya Sule were among the leaders present at the meeting.

However, NCP president Sharad Pawar, who was in Pune, said he was unaware of the meet, but added that Ajit Pawar, as leader of opposition in the Assembly, can call a meeting of legislators.