First cabinet expansion of Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. 39 ministers took oath in a ceremony held in Nagpur on 15 December. 33 ministers have been given cabinet level status and 6 have been given state level status. During the ceremony, Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers. Bets have been placed on 25 new faces. 12 ministers of Eknath Shinde cabinet have been dismissed. BJP MLAs Ravindra Chavan, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Suresh Khadse and Vijaykumar Gavit did not get a place in this cabinet. At the same time, Dilip Valse Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal, Anil Patil, Dharmarao Atram and Sanjay Bansoda of NCP (Ajit faction) have not been made ministers.
VIDEO | Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: BJP leader Pankaja Gopinath Munde (@Pankajamunde) sworn in as Maharashtra minister. #MaharashtraCabinetExpansion #Maharashtra
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VIDEO | Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: BJP leader Pankaja Gopinath Munde (@Pankajamunde) sworn in as Maharashtra minister. #MaharashtraCabinetExpansion #Maharashtra
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Every minister will be audited
Abdul Sattar, Tanaji Sawant and Deepak Kesarkar of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) have also remained empty handed. After the ceremony, CM Devendra Fadnavis said that every minister will be audited. Those who will not be made ministers will be given other responsibilities. Poor performance is being cited as the reason behind the removal of ministers. Those who did not get a place in the new cabinet may be given a chance in future. At present, one ministerial post has also been kept vacant. Which can be given to NCP or Shiv Sena. 25 new MLAs have been made ministers in the new cabinet.
The new cabinet includes Ganesh Naik, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Pankaja Munde, Jaykumar Rawal, Ashish Shelar, Ashok Uike, Shivendraraj Bhosale, Dattatreya Bharne, Jaykumar Gore, Manikrao Kokate, Sanjay Savkare, Narhari Jirwal, Pratap Sarnath Patil, Patron Patel, Patron and General. Are. Ministers. Involved. Gogavale, Akash Phundkar, Nitesh Rane, Prakash Abitkar, Babasaheb Patil, Ashish Jaiswal, Madhuri Misal, Meghna Bordikar, Pankaj Bhoyar and Indranil Naik have been included.
This time four women have got a chance
This time four women have also been made ministers. Pankaja Munde has been included in the Fadnavis cabinet. She had previously been a minister from 2014 to 2019. Apart from this, BJP has included Madhuri Misal and Meghna Bordikar in the cabinet. At the same time, Aditi Tatkare from NCP (Ajit faction) has been included in the cabinet. At the same time, Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) has not included even a single woman in the cabinet this time. Mahayuti parties have fixed a formula of two and a half years for their ministers. If a minister does not perform well, he can be removed from the post and another MLA can be given a chance.
