Fadnavis Keeps Home Ministry, Shinde Gets Urban Development In New Maharashtra Cabinet – News18

Last Updated:December 21, 2024, 22:43 IST

Maharashtra Portfolios: Devendra Fadnavis has kept the Home Ministry, while his deputies, Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, have been assigned the Finance and Urban Development, respectively.

Maharashtra Portfolio Allocation: The BJP-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra announced the much-awaited portfolio allocation on Saturday with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis keeping Home Ministry. NCP leader Ajit Pawar will look after the Finance and Planning Departments in the state Cabinet.

As many as 39 ministers took oath on December 15 as the highly-anticipated cabinet expansion of the new BJP-led Maharashtra government finally took place after over a week of negotiations. While 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers, six took oath as ministers of state.

After tense negotiations, the final list saw BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis retaining the Home Ministry, apart from taking the portfolios of Energy (excluding Renewable Energy), Law and Judiciary, General Administration, Information and Publicity (and departments not allotted to any other minister.

Shiv Sena leader and deputy CM Eknath Shinde got the portfolios of Urban Development, Housing, and Public Works (Public Enterprises).

NCP leader and deputy CM Ajit Pawar got the important Finance and Planning Ministry, along with State Excise. Maharastra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule became the state revenue minister, as per the latest allocation.

BJP’s Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil was assigned the portfolio of Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation, while NCP’s Hasan Mushrif got the Medical Education Ministry.

BJP’s Chandrakant Patil was assigned the Higher and Technical Education Ministry as well as Parliamentary Affairs, while Girish Mahajan was assigned the responsibility of Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation) as well as Disaster Management.

Earlier in the day, Fadnavis told reporters that the portfolio allocation of his ministry would take place either later in the day, or on Sunday. “Portfolio distribution can take place by tonight or tomorrow morning,” Fadnavis said.

Full List Of Ministers

1. Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) – Home, Energy (Excluding Renewable Energy), Law and Judiciary, General Administration Dept, Information and Publicity (and Departments/Subjects not allocated to any other Minister_.
2. Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena) – Urban Development, Housing, Public Works (Public Enterprises)
3. Ajit Pawar (NCP) – Finance and Planning, State Excise
4. Chandrashekhar Bawankule (BJP) – Revenue
5. Radhakrushna Vikhe-Patil (BJP) – Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation)
6. Hasan Mushrif (NCP) – Medical Education
7. Chandrakant Patil (BJP)– Higher and Technical education, Parliamentary Affairs
8. Girish Mahajan (BJP) – Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development Corporation), Disaster Management
9. Ganesh Naik (BJP) – Forests
10. Gulabrao Patil (Shiv Sena) – Water Supply and Sanitation
11. Dadaji Bhuse (Shiv Sena) – School Education
12. Sanjay Rathod (Shiv Sena) – Soil and Water Conservation
13. Dhananjay Munde (NCP) – Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection
14. Mangalprabhat Lodha (BJP) – Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
15. Uday Samant (Shiv Sena) – Industries, Marathi Language
16. Jaykumar Rawal (BJP) – Marketing, Protocol
17. Pankaja Munde (BJP) – Environment and Climate Change, Animal Husbandry
18. Atul Save (BJP) – OBC Welfare, Dairy Development and Renewable Energy
19. Ashok Uike (BJP) – Tribal Development
20. Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena) – Tourism, Mining, Ex-Servicemen Welfare
21. Ashish Shelar (BJP) – Information Technology, Cultural Affairs
22. Dattatray Bharane (NCP) – Sports and Youth Welfare, Minorities Development and Aukaf
23. Aditi Tatkare (NCP) – Women and Child Development
24. Shivendrasingh Bhosale (BJP) – Public Works (Excluding Public Enterprises_
25. Manikrao Kokate (NCP) – Agriculture
26. Jaykumar Gore (BJP) – Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
27. Narhari Zirwal (NCP) – Food and Drug Administration, Special Assistance
28. Sanjay Savkare (BJP) – Textiles
29. Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena) – Social Justice
30. Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena) – Transport
31. Bharatsheth Gogawale (Shiv Sena) – Employment Guarantee, Horticulture, Salt Pan Land Development
32. Makarand Jadhav-Patil (NCP) – Relief and Rehabilitation
33. Nitesh Rane (BJP) – Fisheries, Ports
34. Aakash Fundkar (BJP) – Labour
35. Babasaheb Shantabai Patil (NCP)– Cooperation
36. Prakash Abitkar (Shiv Sena) – Public Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

1. Ashish Jaiswal (Shiv Sena) – Finance and Planning, Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, Law and Judiciary, Labour
2. Madhuri Misal (BJP) – Urban Development, Transport, Social Justice, Medical Education, Minorities Development and Aukaf
3. Pankaj Bhoyar (BJP) – Home (Rural), Housing, School Education, Co-operation, Mining
4. Meghna Bordikar (BJP) – Public Health and Family Welfare, Water Supply and Sanitation, Energy, Women and Child Development, Public Works (Public Enterprises)
5. Indranil Naik (NCP) – Industries, Public Works, Higher and Technical Education, Tribal Development, Tourism, Soil and Water Conservation
6. Yogesh Kadam (Shiv Sena) – Home (Urban), Revenue, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drug Administration

Meanwhile, the winter session of the Maharashtra legislative assembly concluded in Nagpur on Saturday. Opposition parties from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alleged that the session was held only for formality as ministers couldn’t resolve issues of farmers and others in the absence of portfolios.

The six-day winter session witnessed uproar over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on B R Ambedkar, violence in Parbhani city in central Maharashtra over the desecration of a replica of the Constitution, and the murder of a sarpanch in Beed.

Sources had earlier said that the BJP is likely to keep the Home Ministry which was a point of deadlock with Shiv Sena. The Shinde Sena was keen on keeping the Home Department, considering Eknath Shinde was demoted from Chief Minister in the previous government to Deputy CM in the new government.