After days of suspense, the Maharashtra Government finally announced the Cabinet ministers’ portfolios. With the allocation of ministerial berths, Ajit Pawar was officially announced as the Deputy Chief Minister again.
On the 5th of January, the Shiv Sena led Maharashtra Government, with its allies, the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP,) announced the portfolios.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the Governor of Maharashtra, approved the list, which provides key ministerial berths to Ajit Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Deshmukh, Hassan Mushrif, Yashomati Thakur and others.
Below is the list of ministers and their portfolios:
- Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena): Chief Minister, Administration, Law and Order
- Ajit Pawar (NCP): Deputy Chief Minister, Finance and Planning
- Aaditya Thackeray (Shiv Sena): Tourism, Environment
- Ashok Chavan (INC): Public Works Department (PWD)
- Subhash Desai (Shiv Sena): Industries, Mining, Marathi language
- Chaggan Bhujbal (NCP): Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection
- Dilip Walse Patil (NCP): Labour, Excise
- Anil Deshmukh (NCP): Home Ministry
- Jayant Patil (NCP): Irrigation
- Nawab Malik (NCP): Minorities Affairs
- Balasaheb Thorat (INC): Revenue
- Rajendra Shingne (NCP): Medicine Supplies
- Rajesh Tope (NCP): Health and Family Welfare
- Hasaan Mushrif (NCP): Rural Development
- Dr. Nitin Raut (INC): Energy
- Varsha Gaikwad (INC): School Education
- Jitendra Awhad (NCP): Housing
- Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena): Urban Development
- Sunil Keda (INC): Animal Husbandry and Dairy
- Vijay Waddetiwar (INC): Other Minorities
- Amit Deshmukh (INC): Medical Education, Cultural Affairs
- Uday Samant (Shiv Sena): Higher and Technical Education
- Dadaji Bhuse (Shiv Sena): Agriculture, Ex-Servicemen Welfare
- Sanjay Rathod (Shiv Sena): Forest
- Gulabrao Patil (Shiv Sena): Water Supply and Sanitation
- K.C. Padvi (INC): Adivasi Affairs
- Balasaheb Patil (NCP): Cooperation Department
- Sandipanrao Bhumre (Shiv Sena): Employment
- Anil Parab (Shiv Sena): Transport, Assembly Affairs
- Aslam Sheikh (INC): Textile, Fisheries and Port Development
- Yashomati Thakur (INC): Women and Child Development
- Shankarrao Gadakh (Krantikari Shetkari Party): Water Conservation and Soil
- Dhananjay Munde (NCP): Social Affairs
Stay tuned for further updates.
