On Saturday (December 21, 2024), Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis retained the portfolios of Home and Law and Judiciary, while Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar got Urban Development and Finance respectively. .
Owing to their internal differences, the coalition partners finally announced the cabinet portfolio sharing on the last day of the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. All 33 Cabinet Ministers and 6 Ministers of State Departments have been announced. Department distribution has also changed the formula of the last government. Although some departments have been changed in the three parties, the top three leaders will hold the departments of their choice.
The BJP has succeeded in retaining the Revenue Ministry while the Women and Child Development Department will remain with NCP’s Aditi Tatkare, but it was speculated whether it would be given to a senior woman minister from the BJP. Young faces have been given an opportunity in this cabinet. BJP’s Nitesh Rane and Jayakumar Gore will handle fisheries and rural development respectively.
Mr. Fadnavis will hold five portfolios including some of his choice such as Home, Energy (excluding renewable energy), Law and Judiciary, General Administration, Information and Publicity (and portfolios not earmarked for any other ministers). DCM Eknath Shinde will hold his preferred Urban Development Department, along with two other portfolios – Housing and Public Works (Public Enterprises). DCM Ajit Pawar will handle the State Excise (which was earlier with the Eknath Shinde Group) along with Finance and Planning departments.
Although Eknath Shinde was denied the home ministry, his minister Yogesh Kadam has been given the state home (rural). Some ministers had to resign from their previous ministries. Senior BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who was the revenue minister in the previous government, will now be the water resources minister. Amid the protests in Beed and the controversy over the name of CPN leader Dhananjay Munde, he has been given the responsibility of Minister of Food and Civil Supplies. He was previously the Minister of Agriculture. Shiv Sena’s Uday Samant will be the Industries Minister in this government as well.
The berth allocation was announced a week after the cabinet expansion, and almost a month after the state assembly election results in Maharashtra.
Keeping the regional balance, Mumbai has two cabinet ministers this time. This is important in the backdrop of the upcoming BMC elections. BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar, who has been inducted as a cabinet minister this time, will hold the information technology and cultural affairs department, while builder and BJP leader Mangalprabhat Lodha will continue to handle skill development, employment, entrepreneurship and innovation in this government. .
Here is the detailed list of portfolio allocations in Maharashtra:
Chandrasekhar Bawankule will head the revenue ministry.
Radhakrishna Patil will be Minister for Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development) Department and Girish Mahajan for Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation and Disaster Management Department.
Hasan Mushrif will be the Minister of Medical Education.
Ganesh Naik has appointed Gulabrao Patil as Minister of Forest, Water Supply and Sanitation, Dadaji Bhuse as Minister of School Education and Sanjay Rathore as Minister of Land and Water Conservation. Dhananjaya Munde. Mangalprabhat Lodha will head the Department of Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Uday Samant Industries and Marathi language. Ministers for Marketing and Protocol will be Jayakumar Rawal, Atil Save Minister for OBC Welfare, Dairy Development and Renewable Energy. Ashok Uikele will head the tribal development department. Shambhuraj Desai will head the Department of Tourism, Mines and Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
Ashish Shelar has been given the responsibility of information technology and cultural affairs and Dattatray Bharne has been given the responsibility of sports and youth welfare, minority development and endowment department.
Aditi Tatkare will head the Women and Child Development Department and Shivendra Singh Bhosle will head the Public Works Department. Agriculture Department will be under Manikrao Kokate.
Under Jayakumar Gore, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Narahari Jirwal will be the Minister for Food and Drug Administration, Special Assistance. Sanjay Savkare Textiles and Sanjay Shirsat will head the Department of Social Justice.
Pratap Saranaik will head the Department of Transport and Bharatseth Gogawa will head the Department of Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Saltpan Land Development.
Makarand Jadhav will head the Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation and Nitesh Rane will head Fisheries and Ports. Akash Phandkar will head the Labor Department while Prakash Abitkar will head the Public Health and Family Welfare Department.
In addition to the Cabinet, the Governor has also appointed 6 Ministers of State. Ashish Jaiswal will head Finance and Planning, Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, Law and Judiciary and Labor Departments. Madhuri Misal has been given the responsibility of urban development, transport, social justice, medical education, minority development and endowment.
Pankaj Bhoyer will head Home (Rural), Housing, School Education, Cooperatives and Mining. Meghna Bordikar will be the Minister of State for Public Health and Family Welfare, Water and Sanitation, Power, Women and Child Development. Indranil Naik will be the Minister of State for Industry, Public Works Department, Higher Technical Education, Tribal Development, Tourism and Land and Water Conservation.
Yogesh Kadam has been given charge of Home (Urban), Revenue, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Food Civil Supply and Consumer Protection and Food and Drug Administration.
published – December 21, 2024 at 10:21 am IST