Ajit Pawar served as the deputy CM in Prithviraj and Ashok Chavan's cabinet. In 2019, Ajit took oath for the same post in early morning swearing-in in the Fadnavis cabinet, but the government lasted only for a few days before Uddhav Thackeray took over as CM and Ajit was again sworn in as Deputy CM. Today, Ajit took oath for the fifth time as the Deputy CM