Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday expressed concern over the delay in the allocation of portfolios in the Maharashtra Cabinet and questioned the Mahayuti government regarding the reason for the delay despite having an adequate majority.
As Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday expanded his cabinet, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday said that state is heading in a good direction.
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.
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.
In a major Cabinet expansion in the Eknath Shinde-led government soon after the inclusion of nine MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), new Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been entrusted with finance and planning ministries.
Shinde was speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with Maharashtra deputy CMs, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, at his official residence, on Tuesday late night.
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena leaders who took oath as ministers in the Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday.