NEW DELHI: Even as the political drama continued, Devendra Fadnavis took charge as Maharashtra chief minister on Monday and the first thing he did after assuming office was to sign a cheque from the CM Relief Fund.

The cheque was handed over to Kusum Vengurlekar by the chief minister at Mantralaya.

The Chief Minister's Office tweeted,"CM Devendra Fadnavis’ first signature of this tenure was done on a CM Relief Fund cheque, on reaching Mantralaya, which was handed over to Kusum Vengurlekar by the Chief Minister."

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Earlier, Fadnavis paid tributes to Maharashtra's first chief minister Yashwantrao ji Chavan at Vidhan Bhavan on his death anniversary.

Fadnavis and NCP 's Ajit Pawar were sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively by governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 8 am on Saturday at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan, leading to the lifting of the President's rule in the state.

The BJP and the Sena, which fought the last month's assembly polls in an alliance, secured a comfortable majority by winning 105 and 56 seats, respectively.

The Sena, however, broke its three-decade-long ties with the BJP after the latter declined to share the chief minister's post. The NCP and Congress won 54 and 44 seats, respectively.

