While Shinde has been able to build a crisis in Maharashtra politics, him and his team of rebel MLAs were capable of pushing Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to resign from his post.
A twist in the tale was in store on a day of fast-paced developments as the Maharashtra political turmoil came to an end with Eknath Shinde, whose revolt within Shiv Sena led to the collapse of the MVA government, taking oath as the 20th Chief Minister of the state. In a surprise move, Fadnavis, who earlier announced that he would be out of the new government, changed his stand and was sworn in as the deputy CM following directives from the BJP central leadership.
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