Six days after the swearing-in of the cabinet in Maharashtra, CM Devendra Fadnavis divided the cabinet on Saturday. The Chief Minister has kept five departments including the Home Ministry with himself.
The cabinet expansion took place in Nagpur on 15 December. 33 cabinet and 6 state ministers took oath.
Cabinet expansion stuck for 10 days regarding Home Ministry
- According to sources, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis held the Home Ministry in the Shinde government. He did not want to leave this ministry. On the other hand, Shinde group’s argument was that if we are getting the post of Deputy CM, then they should also get the Home Ministry.
- BJP wanted to keep home, revenue, higher education, law, energy, rural development with itself. According to the information, he had offered health, urban development, public works, industry to Shiv Sena. NCP Ajit faction was offered departments like Finance, Planning, Cooperation, Agriculture.
The cabinet expansion and swearing-in took place after 33 years in Nagpur, the sub-capital of the state.
The cabinet expansion took place in Nagpur on 15 December, the 23rd day after the assembly election results in Maharashtra. 33 cabinet and 6 state ministers took oath in the Fadnavis government. This number increased to 42 including CM and 2 Deputy CMs. A total of 43 ministers can take oath in the cabinet. One seat has been kept vacant.
19 ministers from BJP, 11 Shiv Sena and 9 from NCP quota have been included in the Fadnavis government. 12 ministers of Shinde government did not get a place in it. Of these, 4 are from BJP, 3 from Shiv Sena, 5 from NCP. Became 19 new ministers. Of these, 9 are from BJP, 8 from Shiv Sena and 4 from NCP.
Apart from this, 4 women (3 BJP, 1 NCP) and 1 Muslim (NCP) have got place in the government. The youngest minister is NCP’s Aditi Tatkare (36), the oldest minister is BJP’s Ganesh Naik (74).
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