On Friday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced the expansion of his Cabinet, over two weeks after nine NCP leaders, including Ajit Pawar, were sworn in as ministers. In the state cabinet expansion, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal received the Food and Civil Supply portfolio, while Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar received the Finance portfolio.
At a ceremony held at Raj Bhawan on July 2, Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP leaders—Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and Dharmarao Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, and Anil Patil—took oaths as ministers. As Eknath Shinde rearranged the portfolios in his Cabinet, they have now been assigned to their appropriate departments.
Finance and Planning – Ajit Pawar
Agriculture – Dhananjay Munde
Co-operative – Dilip walse-Patil
Medical Education and Special Assistance – Hasan Mushrif
Food and Civil Supply – Chhagan Bhujbal
Women and Child Development – Aditi Tatkare
Food and Drug Administration – Dharmarao Atram
Relief and Rehabilitation – Anil Patil
Sports and Youth welfare, Ports – Sanjay Bansode
Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra’s current cabinet expansion. The following departments were lost by BJP-
Devendra Fadnavis: Finance and Planning
Girish Mahajan: Medical Education, Sports, and Youth Welfare
Atul Save: Cooperation
Mangal Prabhat Lodha: Women and Child Welfare
Ravindra Chavan: Food and Civil Supplies
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