Maharashtra will take oath of office of ministers starting at 4 p.m.
Maharashtra will get cabinet expansion today. The swearing-in of the new ministers will take place at 4 p.m. In the cabinet expansion of the Fadnavis government, 39 MLAs will be appointed as ministers. MLAs who were sworn in as ministers also received calls and their names have been released. What’s special about this cabinet expansion is that some new faces have gotten opportunities in this cabinet, and some experienced faces may also get opportunities. The 39 leaders who will be sworn in as ministers in the expanded cabinet include 20 MLAs from the BJP, 10 from the Shiv Sena Shinde faction and 9 from the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP . Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony have been completed.
Maharashtra Cabinet Extension Live Updates:
- In Nagpur, the process for MLAs to arrive at Raj Bhavan for swearing-in has begun.
- Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar from Bhandara seat resigned as Shiv Sena deputy leader and Shiv Sena unit coordinator after being unhappy over not being appointed as minister.
These MLAs will become ministers from the BJP quota
Girish Mahajan, Chandrakant Patil, Pankaja Munde, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Ashish Shelar, Jaikumar Rawal, Nitesh Rane, Shivendra Singh Bhosle, Pankaj Bhoir, Ganesh Naik, Meghna Bordikar, Madhuri Misal, Atul Save, Sanjay Savkare , Sky Fenderkar, Ashok Uk, Jayakumar Goel.
These MLAs will become ministers from Shiv Sena quota
Eknath Shinde, Sanjay Shirsat, Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse, Uday Samant, Shambhuraj Desai, Yogesh Kadam, Prakash Abitkar, Pratap Sarnaik, Ashish Jaiswal.
MLAs who became ministers through NCP quota
Narhari Jirwa, Hasan Musharrif, Anil Bhaidas Patil, Aditi Tatkare, Babasaheb Patil, Dutta Bharne, Sana Malik, Indranil Naik, Dhananjay Munde.
