MUMBAI: The Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry on Monday sailed through a trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly.The trust motion, tabled by Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and others, was passed by a voice vote.Speaker Rahul Narwekar announced that the trust motion has been approved by the House.The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP ‘Mahayuti’ coalition has a commanding majority of 230 seats in the 288-member state assembly.The majority mark in the assembly is 144.”The confidence motion has been passed with a majority. The legislative assembly will adjourn now and will resume after the speech of the Maharashtra governor today,” Narwekar said in the assembly.Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister for the third time on December 5.Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy chief ministers at the ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai.The 15th legislative assembly officially began its tenure on December 7.
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