"100% True": Devendra Fadnavis Doubles Down On Charge Against Sharad Pawar

Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said his oath-taking ceremony with Ajit Pawar in 2019 had Sharad Pawar's backing.

Sticking to his statement that Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar had backed his plan to form a government with his nephew Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis has said his statement was "100 per cent true" and he was not lying.In one of the biggest political surprises in Maharashtra, the then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari swore in Mr Fadnavis as the chief minister and Ajit Pawar as deputy Chief Minister in an early morning ceremony on November 23, 2019 in an overnight coup. 

But the government lasted just three days, after which Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the chief minister.

Mr Fadnavis on Monday said his oath-taking ceremony with Ajit Pawar in 2019 had Sharad Pawar's backing.

The NCP chief, however, stoutly denied Mr Fadnavis's claim and said he never thought the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader will base his assertion on falsehood.