Mumbai: More than 40 days after Eknath Shinde was sworn in as chief minister, the Maharashtra cabiunet was expanded on Tuesday.
18 ministers altogether; nine MLAs each from the Shinde fraction and BJP, took the oath at the Raj Bhavan.
The MLAs who will take the oath are:
- Chandrakant Patil – BJP
- Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil – BJP
- Sudhir Mungantiwar – BJP
- Suresh Khade – BJP
- Girish Mahajan – BJP
- Ravindra Chavhan – BJP
- Mangal Prabhat Lodha – BJP
- Vijaykumar Gavit – BJP
- Atul Save – BJP
- Dada Bhuse – Shiv Sena
- Shambhuraje Desai – Shiv Sena
- Sandeepan Bhumre – Shiv Sena
- Uday Samant – Shiv Sena
- Tanaji Sawant – Shiv Sena
- Abdul Sattar – Shiv Sena
- Deepak Kesarkar – Shiv Sena
- Gulabrao Patil – Shiv Sena
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#MaharashtraCabinet | Nine BJP leaders and nine Shiv Sena leaders to take oath today in the state cabinet expansion, in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/qcGqFwZw8G
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Shiv Sena MLAs Gulabrao Patil and Dadaji Dagadu Bhuse take oath as Maharashtra ministers at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
Shiv Sena MLAs Gulabrao Patil and Dadaji Dagadu Bhuse take oath as Maharashtra ministers at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/Dalsn0zKn9
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Ahead of the expansion, CM Eknath Shinde met Shiv Sena legislators at the Sahyadri guest house in south Mumbai to pacify those who will not be sworn in today.
The second round of expansion will reportedly take place in two-three weeks.
Sanjay Rathaud – Shiv Sena