Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday expressed disappointment as his party Republican Party Of India (A) didn't got any ministry in the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion demanding at least one ministry.
BJP's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ashish Shelar, Ganesh Naik, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Pankaja Munde, Girish Mahajan, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Chandrakant Patil, were among the ministers who took oath.
Amid speculation over Maharashtra cabinet formation, state Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis on Thursday said that the formula for cabinet expansion is already decided and soon the people will get to know.
The Assam Cabinet, in its meeting on Wednesday, announced several important decisions aimed at improving governance and land administration in the state.
After the Jharkhand cabinet expansion, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the government will get the direction now and we will move forward at a fast pace.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Thursday that the state cabinet expansion will take place on December 7. Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs will be inducted into the Assam cabinet and will take the oath of office at noon on that day.
On Thursday, a total of 11 MLAs took oath as Ministers in the JMM-led Mahagathbandhan government in Jharkhand, clearing the much awaited cabinet expansion in the state. The oath was administered by the state governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a swearing-in-ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.