On Friday, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, made an announcement regarding the expansion of the cabinet and the allocation of departments to newly sworn-in ministers who joined the state government on July 2. This development occurred two weeks after nine leaders from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), including Ajit Pawar, took their oaths as ministers in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar, who became the Deputy Chief Minister, was assigned the finance and planning ministries. The newly-appointed NCP ministers were also assigned various portfolios on the same day.
It's important to note that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had formed a coalition with the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde to establish the Maharashtra government last year, and Devendra Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. However, in a negotiation with Ajit Pawar of the NCP, the BJP, along with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, relinquished several departments. As a result of the NCP leaders' entry, some departments were also gained by BJP and Shiv Sena leaders in the Maharashtra government. The following is a comprehensive list of who gained and lost which departments:
What did NCP ministers gain in the Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle?
1) Chhagan Bhujbal: Food and civil supplies ministry.
2) Ajit Pawar: Finance and planning ministries.
3) Hasan Mushrif: Medical Education and Special Assistance.
4) Dhananjay Munde: Agriculture.
5) Dilip Walse Patil: Co-operative.
6) Aditi Tatkare: Women and Child Development.
7) Anil Patil: Relief and Rehabilitation.
8) Sanjay Bansode: Sports and Youth Welfare, Ports.
9) Dharmarao Atram: Food and Drug Administration.
What did BJP lose?
1) Devendra Fadnavis: Finance and Planning.
2) Girish Mahajan: Medical Education, Youth Welfare, and Sports.
3) Atul Save: Cooperation.
4) Mangal Prabhat Lodha: Women and Child Welfare.
5) Ravindra Chavan: Food and Civil Supplies.
1) Girish Mahajan: Tourism department
2) Atul Save: Housing and Other backward classes welfare departments
What did Shiv Sena lose?
1) Ekanth Shinde: Relief and Rehabilitation
2) Abdul Sattar: Agriculture
3) Sanjay Rathod: Food and Drug Administration
What did Shiv Sena gain?
1) Dadaji Dagdu Bhuse: Public Works Department
2) Sanjay Rathod: Soil and Water Conservation department
3) Abdul Sattar: Minority Development department