Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and 8 others take oath as MLCs

Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray took oath as a member of the legislative council (MLC) on Monday (May 18, 2020).

This is the first time a Sena chief will become a member of the state legislature and the second from the Thackeray clan. In October 2019, his son became the first one to win the Assembly elections from Worli.

Along with Uddhav, eight other newly-elected MLCs also took oath as Members of Legislative Council.

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. Besides Thackeray, his party colleague Neelam Gorhe was also elected, among others. Gopichand Padalkar, Pravin Datke, Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil and Ramesh Karad were elected from BJP.

शिवसेना पक्षप्रमुख, मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांनी आज विधानभवन येथे विधान परिषद सदस्यत्वाची शपथ घेतली. pic.twitter.com/ccdY3M93ZD

— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) May 18, 2020