Ajit Pawar, Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde.
The first expansion of Vendra Fadnavis’ cabinet in Maharashtra will take place on Sunday. The new minister will be sworn in at 4 pm in Nagpur. The results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections were announced on November 23. Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister of Mahayuthi. Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and NCP’s Ajit Pawar were sworn in as deputy chief ministers. But the cabinet has not yet been expanded.
For days, there has been suspense about when the cabinet will be expanded. It has been decided that the cabinet expansion will be carried out on December 15. Who has a seat in the new cabinet? All eyes were fixed on this scene.
Many of the meetings were held against the backdrop of an expansion of the state’s cabinet. Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis held a meeting at Sagar Bungalow. In this meeting, Shinde and Fadnavis held a discussion for half an hour.
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The swearing-in ceremony will be held on December 15 at 4 p.m.
The swearing-in ceremony of the new government ministers will be held in Nagpur at 4 pm on December 15. The swearing-in ceremony of the ministers will be held in Nagpur on the eve of the winter session. The winter session of the government will be held in Nagpur on December 16. During the new session, newly elected MLAs will be sworn in.
Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis held a meeting at Sagar Bungalow in view of the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion. The issue of cabinet expansion was discussed at this meeting.
In the process of expanding the cabinet of the grand coalition government, the PPP may hand over responsibilities to some senior leaders in the party organization rather than the cabinet. Sources said Girish Mahajan, Ravindra Chavan, Sanjay Rathod, Tanaji Sawant, Deepak Kesarkar could be given party organizational responsibilities.
Formula to determine ministerial positions
According to sources, the formula for ministerial posts has also been finalized. It is understood that out of a total of 43 ministerial posts, the BJP will retain 21 ministerial posts. Shinde’s Shiv Sena is likely to get 13 ministerial posts and Ajit Pawar’s NCP may get 9 ministerial posts. Eknath Shinde has been supporting the home ministry, but the home and finance ministries are likely to remain with the BJP.
The three-party roster of the Maha Alliance has almost been confirmed. Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Ravindra Chavan, Praveen Derekar, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Babnarao Lonikar, Pankaja Munde, Ashish Shelar or Yogesh Sagar might get a chance. Sambhaji Nilangekar, Jaikumar Rawal, Shivendra Raje Bhosle, Nitesh Rane, Vijay Kumar Gavit, Devyani Farande or Rahul Aher, Rahul Kul, Madhuri Misal, Sanjay Kute and Gopichand Padalkar may be given ministerial posts.
