Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took oath as a member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Saturday, on the first day of the three-day special session of the House.

Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar also took oath as members of the Maharashtra assembly.

The three leaders were administered the oath as MLAs by the legislative assembly's pro-tem speaker Kalidas Kolambkar soon after the proceedings of the House began at 11 am. Kalidas Kolambkar has been appointed as the Pro-tem Speaker to oversee the proceedings. The session marks the formal beginning of a new legislative term following the recent Assembly elections in the state.

Senior BJP leader Kolambkar, who has served nine terms as an MLA, was sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker for Maharashtra's three-day special Assembly session, which will take place from December 7 to 9. During this session, the 288 newly-elected MLAs will take their oaths, and a new Speaker will be elected.

The pro-tem speaker will administer the oath of office to the rest of the 287 newly-elected MLAs. Results of the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls were declared on November 23, wherein the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) registered a resounding victory by winning 230 of the 288 assembly seats.

The new government was sworn in on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis returning as the chief minister, while Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy chief ministers.

The session will also see the election of a new Speaker, further cementing the legislative agenda for the coming term.

(Agency inputs)