Putting remainder to all conjectures, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on December 21 alloted profiles to his council of preachers, keeping the secret Home division. In enhancement to Home, Fadnavis will certainly look after the Energy, Law and Judiciary, General Administration, and Information and Publicity divisions, according to a main declaration.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has actually been provided duty for Urban Development, Housing, and the Public Works Department (Public Enterprises), while Ajit Pawar, the various other Deputy Chief Minister, will certainly take care of Finance andPlanning Pawar has actually been alloted the surcharge of theExcise Department
The profile appropriation followed the verdict of the week-long winter months session of the stateLegislature The swearing-in of 39 preachers took place on December 15, in advance of the session, while Fadnavis and his 2 replacements took workplace on December 5.
The Mahayuti partnership, containing the BJP, NCP and Shiv Sena, thrived in the November 20 setting up political elections, safeguarding 230 out of 288 seats.
Portfolios alloted to BJP preachers are:
- Chandrashekhar Bawankule: Revenue
- Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil: Water Resources and Krishna and Godavari Valley Development Corporation
- Chandrakant Patil: Higher and Technical Education, Parliamentary Affairs
- Girish Mahajan: Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation) and Disaster Management
- Ganesh Naik: Forests
- Mangal Prabhat Lodha: Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
- Jaykumar Raval: Marketing and Protocol
- Pankaja Munde: Environment and Climate Change, Animal Husbandry
- Atul Save: OBC Welfare, Dairy Development, and Renewable Energy
- Ashok Uike: Tribal Development
- Ashish Shelar: Cultural Affairs and Information Technology
- Shivendrasinh Bhosale: Public Works
- Jaykumar Gore: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
- Sanjay Savkare: Textiles
- Nitesh Rane: Fisheries and Ports
- Akash Fundkar: Labour
Shiv Sena preachers were appointed these profiles:
- Gulabrao Patil: Water Supply and Sanitation
- Dadaji Bhuse: School Education
- Sanjay Rathod: Soil and Water Conservation
- Uday Samant: Industries and Marathi Language
- Shambhuraj Desai: Tourism, Mining, Ex-Servicemen Welfare
- Sanjay Shirsat: Social Justice
- Pratap Sarnaik: Transport
- Bharat Gogawale: Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Salt Pan Lands Development
- Prakash Abitkar: Public Health and Family Welfare
Portfolios for NCP preachers are as adheres to:
- Hasan Mushrif: Medical Education
- Dhananjay Munde: Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection
- Dattatrey Bharne: Sports, Youth Welfare, and Minority Development and Aukaf
- Aditi Tatkare: Women and Child Development
- Manikrao Kokate: Agriculture
- Narhari Zirwal: Food and Drug Administration, Special Assistance
- Makrand Patil: Relief and Rehabilitation
- Babasaheb Patil: Cooperation
Among the Ministers of State, Shiv Sena’s Ashish Jaiswal has actually been appointed Finance and Planning, Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, Law and Judiciary andLabour BJP’s Madhuri Misal will certainly take care of Urban Development, Transport, Social Justice, Medical Education, Minorities Development and Aukaf.Pankaj Bhoyar (BJP) will certainly look after Home (Rural), Housing, School Education, Cooperation, andMining BJP’s Meghana Bordikar has actually been provided Public Health and Family Welfare, Water Supply and Sanitation, Energy, Women and Child Development, and Public Works (Public Enterprises).
(With inputs from PTI)