Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra. With the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress all set to assume power in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar was put on a pedestal by the newsrooms in New Delhi. Having brought his party out of a virtual existential crisis ahead of the Assembly polls, Pawar's efforts suffered a setback, albeit momentarily, when nephew Ajit Pawar shocked him by aligning with the BJP to form the government.