Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde — who expanded his cupboard on August 9 — retained the city improvement division and allotted the essential residence and finance portfolios to his deputy Devendra Fadnavis. Notably, Shinde has additionally stored the setting portfolio, amongst 12 different departments, which Aaditya Thackeray earlier helmed, a press release from the Chief Minister’s Workplace stated.

BJP appears to have cornered all of the plum portfolios with occasion MLA Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil being made the brand new income minister, who can even deal with the animal husbandry and dairy improvement departments. Senior BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar will likely be heading forestry, cultural actions, and fisheries, whereas former state occasion chief Chandrakant Patil will helm the departments of upper and technical schooling, textile business and parliamentary affairs.

Shiv Sena MLA Tanaji Sawant is the brand new state well being minister. Different Sena MLAs Abdul Satar and Deepak Kesarkar have been allotted the agriculture, and college schooling departments, respectively. Gulabrao Patil is the brand new water provide and sanitation minister, whereas Sanjay Rathore will head the meals and drug administration division.

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BJP’s Girish Mahajan is the brand new sports activities and youth welfare minister, and also will take care of village improvement and panchayati raj, and medical schooling departments. BJP MLA Vijayakumar Gavit will deal with tribal improvement and Sena MLA Uday Samant is the brand new business minister.

Maharashtra cupboard’s most allowed energy is 43.

In the meantime, Fadnavis on Sunday stated the BJP and the Shiv Sena faction led by Shinde might change portfolios, if wanted, forward of the subsequent cupboard enlargement. “There isn’t any dispute between the BJP and CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena over the portfolio distribution. If required, we are able to change some portfolios forward of the subsequent cupboard enlargement,” stated Fadnavis whereas responding to a question about himself and Shinde holding a number of portfolios amongst themselves.

Earlier this week, Shinde expanded his cupboard greater than 40 days after being sworn in because the Maharashtra CM. As many as 18 leaders — 9 every from the BJP and Shinde-led Shiv Sena camp — had been inducted into the Maharashtra cupboard.

(With PTI inputs)

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