Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis speaks with the media upon his arrival in Nagpur, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.
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The swearing-in ceremony for the cabinet expansion of the BJP-led Maharashtra government began in Nagpur on Sunday with 39 ministers being sworn in, taking its strength to 42.
In the expansion, BJP got 19 ministerial berths, followed by 11 to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and 9 for Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party.
While 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers, six took oath as ministers of state
Governor P C Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the new ministers at the ceremony held on the eve of the state legislature's winter session being held in Nagpur from December 16 to 21. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, who took oath in Mumbai on December 5, were present.
BJP chief Chandrasekhar Bawankule took oath as the cabinet minister along with Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Hassan Mushrif.
The new cabinet includes state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar. Results of the state assembly elections, held on November 20, were declared on November 23.
Below mentioned is the full list of cabinet and state ministers
Cabinet Ministers
1. Chandrashekhar Bawankule (BJP)
2. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (BJP)
3. Hasan Mushrif (NCP)
4. Chandrakant Patil (BJP)
5. Girish Mahajan (BJP)
6. Gulabrao Patil (Shiv Sena)
7. Ganesh Naik (BJP)
8. Dada Bhuse (Shiv Sena)
9. Sanjay Rathod (Shiv Sena)
10. Dhananjay Munde (NCP)
11. Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP)
12. Uday Samant (Shiv Sena)
13. Jaykumar Rawal (BJP)
14. Pankaja Munde (BJP)
15. Atul Save (BJP)
16. Ashok Uike (BJP)
17. Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena)
18. Ashish Shelar (BJP)
19. Dattatray Bharne (NCP)
20. Aditi Tatkare (NCP)
21. Shivendrasinh Raje Bhosale (BJP)
22. Manikrao Kokate (NCP)
23. Jaykumar Gore (BJP)
25. Narhari Zirwal (NCP)
26. Sanjay Savkare (BJP)
27. Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena)
28. Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena)
29. Bharat Gogawale (Shiv Sena)
30. Makrand Jadhav Patil (NCP)
31. Akash Fundkar (BJP)
32. Babasaheb Patil (NCP)
33. Prakash Abitkar (Shiv Sena)
Ministers of State:
1. Madhuri Misal (BJP)
2. Ashish Jaiswal (Shiv Sena)
3. Pankaj Bhoyar (BJP)
4. Meghna Bordikar (BJP)
5. Indranil Naik (NCP)
6. Yogesh Kadam (Shiv Sena)
(with PTI inputs)