Devendra Fadnavis became Deputy CM, know everything about the new 'Chanakya' of Maharashtra

Eknath Shinde has become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Along with him, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also took oath as the Deputy CM on Thursday. The BJP surprised everyone with this decision.

Devendra Fadnavis started his political career from his student life. He had joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad since his college days. Devendra Fadnavis started his political journey from RSS Shakha in Trikoni Park.

Devendra Fadnavis was a branch manager in Axis Bank before joining politics. Devendra Fadnavis is also a good writer. He has written 3 books in Marathi language. His book 'How to understand and read the budget' became very popular.

In 1989, Fadnavis served as ward president in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. In 1992, at the age of 21, became the youngest mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. In 1994, Devendra Fadnavis was elected as the state vice-president from the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Devendra Fadnavis contested the assembly elections for the first time in 1999 and won. In 2001, Devendra Fadnavis was elected as the Vice President of the nation by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. Devendra Fadnavis led the party in Maharashtra during the 2014 general elections. Devendra Fadnavis currently represents the South-West Nagpur constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 2014. He was the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and became the second youngest Chief Minister after Sharad Pawar.