Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: Eknath Shinde gets 18 new ministers; nine from BJP receive berths

The Maharashtra Cabinet expansion comes almost 40 days after Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra along with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy

FP Staff|Aug 09, 2022, 12:01:40 IST

Mumbai: After a long haul, Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Cabinet has expanded today with 18 ministers taking oath at Raj Bhavan. The MLAs were administered the oath of office as ministers by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari,Nine leader from BJP and nine from Shiv Sena have taken oath in the Maharashtra Cabinet expansion today.BJP leaders in Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Cabinet1 - Chandrakant Patil2 - Sudhir Mungantiwar3 - Girish Mahajan4 - Suresh Khade5 - Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil6 - Ravindra Chavhan7 - Mangal Prabhat Lodha8 - Vijaykumar Gavit9 - Atul SaveShiv Sena leaders in Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Cabinet 1 - Dada Bhuse2 - Shambhuraje Desai3 - Sandeepan Bhumre4 - Uday Samant5 - Tanaji Sawant6 - Abdul Sattar7 - Deepak Kesarkar8 - Gulabrao Patil9 - Sanjay Rathaud

The Cabinet expansion comes almost 40 days after Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra (on 30 June) and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.Ahead of the ceremony today, Shinde met MLAs of his camp at the Sahyadri guest house in south Mumbai to pacify those who will not be sworn in today. He is backed by 40 of the 55 Shiv Sena MLAs.A report by The Indian Express quoted a senior leader in Shinde camp saying that a second round of expansion will take place in two-three weeks.

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