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Nagpur : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cabinet has been expanded. The new ministers took oath of office at a ceremony held in Nagpur.
Let us inform you that on Thursday December 5, 2024 in Mumbai, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra , while Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers.
Dattatreya Bharane and Aditi Sunil Tatkare took oath
Dattatreya Bharane, MLA from Indapur seat of Pune, has taken oath as minister. He has been a minister in the Uddhav government. Aditi Sunil Tatkare has also taken oath as minister. She is an NCP (Ajit Pawar) MLA from Shrivardhan seat.
Shambhuraj Desai and Ashish Shelar took oath as minister
Shambhuraj Desai has taken oath as minister. He comes from the Maratha community. Shinde had made him Excise Minister. Apart from this, Ashish Shelar has also taken oath as minister. He was a minister in Fadnavis’ previous government. He is a BJP MLA from Bandra West, Mumbai.
Atul Save and Ashok Uike took oath as ministers
Atul Save has taken oath as minister. Fadnavis also made him a minister in 2019. He reached the assembly by defeating AIMIM’s Imtiaz. Apart from this, Ashok Uike has also taken oath as minister. He is an MLA from Ralegaon and belongs to the tribal society. He has been an MLA continuously since 2014.
Pankaja Munde took oath
Pankaja Munde has taken oath as minister. She is the national secretary of BJP. She has handled the Ministry of Women and Child Development. She is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Jaikumar Rawal took oath as minister
Jaikumar Rawal is a BJP MLA. He became a minister for the first time in 2016. He has also handled the Ministry of Tourism. Belongs to the royal family.
Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Uday Samant took oath
Mangal Prabhat Lodha has taken oath as minister. He was the Minister of Tourism Skill Development in the previous government. He is one of the big Marwari leaders of BJP and originally hails from Jodhpur. Along with this, Uday Samant has also taken oath as minister. He has been a minister in the Uddhav government in 2019.
Dhananjay Munde took oath, is very close to Ajit Pawar
Dhananjay Munde has taken oath as minister. He was the Agriculture Minister in the Shinde cabinet. He comes from the OBC (Banjara) community.
Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathod took oath as minister
Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathod have taken oath as ministers. Dada Bhuse is considered a big leader of Maharashtra. Sanjay is a big leader of the OBC community. He was the Cabinet Minister of Forest Department in the Shinde government.
Ganesh Naik took oath as minister
BJP leader Ganesh Naik has taken oath as minister. He has become MLA from Airoli in Thane. He is an experienced OBC leader of Aagri community in Thane district. He moved from Shiv Sena to NCP, then to BJP. He was MLA from Belapur between 2004-19. He was Excise Minister in Congress-NCP government. He has also handled Labour Ministry. He has hold on backward votes of Thane, Navi Mumbai.
Gulabrao Patil took oath as minister
Shiv Sena-Shinde leader Gulabrao Patil has taken oath as minister. He is MLA from Jalgaon Rural seat. He is a big face of Shiv Sena (Shinde) in North Maharashtra. He comes from Maratha community. Earlier he used to run a paan stall but was Water Supply Minister in Shinde government. He was also a minister in Uddhav Thackeray government. He was Minister of State for Cooperation in Fadnavis’ first government.
Girish Mahajan took oath as minister
Girish Mahajan has taken oath as minister. He is a big OBC leader of Khandesh region. He has won from Jamner. He has been an MLA continuously since 1995 and has been a minister in the Fadnavis and Shinde governments.
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil took oath as minister
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has taken oath as minister. He is a leader of the Maratha community in West Maharashtra. He is considered a staunch opponent of the Sharad Pawar family. He has been winning continuously from Shirdi seat since 1995. He left Congress in 2019 and joined BJP. He has been a minister in the cabinet of 6 Chief Ministers.
Chandrakat Patil took oath
Chandrakat Patil has also taken oath as minister. He has also been a minister in Eknath Shinde’s government. He has also been the Revenue Minister in Fadnavis’ first cabinet.
Hasan Mushrif took oath as minister
Hasan Mushrif has taken oath as minister. He has become an MLA for the sixth time in a row.
MLAs will become ministers only for two and a half years
MLAs will be made ministers only for two and a half years. This is the new formula of the Maharashtra Cabinet.
