Devendra Fadnavis is 'Maha Boss'
44-year-old Devendra Gangadhar Rao Fadnavis became the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra at a glittering fuction organised at the sprawling Wankhede Stadium.{WATCH: Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra CM }
Amid lusty cheering and sloganeering by BJP supporters from across the state of Maharashtra, he became the first BJP CM of Maharashtra.
Eknath Khadse, who proposed the name of Fadnavis for the CM post was the first minister to take oath.
The other ministers who took oath on Friday are: Sudhir Mungantivar, Vinod Tawde, Prakash Mehta, Chandrakant Dada Bachu Patil, Pankaja Munde, Dilip Kamble, Vidya Thakur.
Several ministers were lustily cheered when they took oath.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president Amit Shah, senior leaders LK Advani, BJP chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chowhan, Vasundhara Raje, Manohar Parikkar, Anandiben Patel, union ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Vijay Goel, Prakash Jawadekar, outgoing CM Prithviraj Chowhan, Manoharlal Khattar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, AP CM Chandrababu Naidu, NCP leaders Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel, film personalities Amitabh Bachchan, industrialists Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, and others were present. A large number of saffron-wearing sadhus and seers were also seen among the VIPs.