Maharashtra: Eight NCP MLAs, many of them Sharad Pawar’s close aides, join Shiv Sena-BJP govt
Ajit Pawar has become deputy CM for the third time in the span of four years. Earlier, he was sworn in as deputy CM in the two-day Devendra Fadnavis government in 2019. He again became deputy CM when the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power.
