Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as Maha CM

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the 19th chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday evening, heading the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an alliance of Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and Congress.

The grand ceremony which was held in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park where Uddhav’s father, the late Bal Thackeray, founded the Shiv Sena in 1966. Governor BD Koshyari administered the oath to Uddhav, the first Thackeray to be a chief minister of the state.