Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to take oath as MLC today

In a big sigh of relief to the Aghadi government in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who was elected unopposed to the Legislative Council, will be taking oath today, thus securing his chief ministerial seat.

Mumbai (Maharashtra):Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and eight other newly elected Members of Legislative Council will reportedly take oath at 1 pm on Monday.

In a huge relief to the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, Thackeray was elected unopposed as state Legistative Council member on May 14.

Uddhav's election to the Council will provide stability to the 6-month-old Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance government in the state.

Thackeray, who was not a member of either house of the Maharashtra legislature, was sworn in as chief minister on November 28 last year. He had to become a member by May 28 when he completes six months in office. Otherwise he would have ceased to be the chief minister.

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Thackeray, 59, has now become the second member from the state's numero uno political family to enter the state legislature.

In October 2019, his son, Aditya, became the first one to win the Assembly elections from Worli segment. He is now the Environment and Tourism Minister.

Besides senior Thackeray, eight others elected include Sena's Dr Neelam Gorhe, Congress' Rajesh Rathod, NCP's Shashikant Shinde and Amol Mitkari.

From the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, those elected are Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil, Pravin Datke, Gopichand Padalkar and Ramesh Karad.

(With inputs from IANS and ANI)