Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday announced that 39 leaders took oath as cabinet ministers, with six of them being state ministers and that the allocation of portfolios is expected to be finalized within two days.
At the swearing-in ceremony of cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday addressed the absence of the opposition, underlining that their boycott of such events has been a long-standing practice.
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.
After taking oath as a cabinet minister, Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Sunday vowed to work under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to advance the Mahayuti government's initiatives.
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.
Speaking to the media in Pune, CM Fadnavis said, "The court's order had categorised temples, and as per that order, old temple structures can be regularized. We will speak with the railway administration and try to find a solution to this issue. Whatever we can do within the rules to regu
He said that during the first cabinet meeting, they should announce the construction of an EVM temple in front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur.
Chandrasekaran congratulated the chief minister and expressed confidence in a long-term partnership between the Tata Group and the Maharashtra government.