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Maharashtra cabinet oath ceremony: The expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take place in Nagpur today. After the spectacular victory of Mahayuti in the assembly elections, the discussion on the names of the new cabinet was going on. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 5 pm, where around 35 new ministers can take oath.
19 MLAs from BJP are likely to become ministers. Among these, prominent names like Sudhir Mungantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Pankaja Munde can be included in the cabinet. At the same time, names of 12 ministers have emerged from Shiv Sena, out of which Uday Samant, Shambhuraj Desai, Dada Bhuse and Pratap Sarnaik can join the cabinet.
Cabinet after division in NCP
There is a possibility of making 10 ministers from Ajit Pawar faction and 12 ministers from Shinde faction. Prominent names like Chhagan Bhujbal, Aditi Tatkare and Dhananjay Munde may be included from the Ajit Pawar faction. Special preparations have been made for the swearing-in ceremony in Nagpur. Governor CP Radhakrishnan will administer oath to the new ministers. According to the official statement, the oath ceremony of the cabinet of Fadnavis government will be held at 4 pm on December 15. About 35 ministers are expected to be included in the cabinet. 19 BJP MLAs are likely to become ministers. The total number of ministers in the previous Mahayuti government was 28. It included one CM and two Deputy CMs.
Governor will administer oath to new ministers
While Governor CP Radhakrishnan will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers before the tea party held on the same date before the start of the Assembly session, the Shinde-led NCP will get a total of 12 berths and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP will get 10 ministers. is expected. Chhagan Bhujbal, Aditi Tatkare, Anil Patil, Sanjay Bansode, Makrand Patil, Narhari Jirwal, Dhananjay Munde are likely to become cabinet ministers from Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Sana Malik and Indranil Naik can become ministers of state.
19 BJP MLAs will become ministers
19 MLAs from BJP are likely to become ministers. Out of these, 5 to 6 can be made ministers of state. According to the information received, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Suresh Khade, Pankaja Munde and Mangal Prabhat Lodha are sure to become cabinet ministers. Sanjay Upadhyay can also become a minister. Apart from this, Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar and Nitesh Rane are also expected to be included. The swearing-in ceremony is taking place in Nagpur after a long gap of 33 years. For which special preparations have been made.
12 MLAs from Shiv Sena likely to become ministers
A total of 12 ministers are expected to be from Shiv Sena. There may be 8 cabinets and four ministers of state. According to the information received, Uday Samant, Shambhuraj Desai, Dada Bhuse, Pratap Sarnaik, Sanjay Shirsat, Gulabrao Patil, Ashish Jaiswal, Arjun Khotkar and Bharat Gogwale can be made cabinet ministers, while Yogesh Kadam, Vijay Shivtare and Rajendra Yadravkar or Prakash Abitkar can take oath as Minister of State.
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