Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others to take oath as MLCs today
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and eight others took oath as Members of Legislative Council on Monday. The nine candidates were on May 14 elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council. The poll results were declared as only nine nominations were filed for nine seats.
At a function held at Vidhan Bhawan in south Mumbai, Council Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar administered the oath to Thackeray and others who were elected unopposed to the Upper House on May 14.
They include Council Deputy Chairperson and Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe, four candidates of BJP Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil, Gopichand Padalkar, Praveen Datke and Ramesh Karad, NCPs Shashikant Shinde and Amol Mitkari and Rajesh Rathod of the Congress.
The nine seats fell vacant on April 24.The 288-member Legislative Assembly was the electoral college for the biennial elections to the nine seats.
With this election, 59-year-old Thackeray, who is also the president of Shiv Sena, makes his debut as a legislator.
He was sworn in as chief minister on November 28 last year and required to become a member of either House of the legislature before May 27.
Thackeray's son Aaditya is a member of the Legislative Assembly and also a minister in the three-party alliance government led by him.
Besides Thackeray, his party colleague Neelam Gorhe was also elected, among others. Gopichand Padalkar, Pravin Datke, Ranjeetsinh Mohite Patil and Ramesh Karad were elected from BJP.
(With inputs from ANI)
