Modi’s BJP Joins Rival To Take Control of India’s Richest State
- BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as state’s chief minister
- Ajit Pawar of NCP is sworn in as deputy chief minister
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party agreed to a surprise alliance with the rival Nationalist Congress Party to form the government in the western state of Maharahstra, home to the country’s financial capital, Mumbai.
Modi tweeted his congratulations to BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, who was sworn in as chief minister of the state. Ajit Pawar of the NCP, which until yesterday was in talks with the BJP’s estranged ally Shiv Sena over an alliance, was named deputy chief minister.