<p>Mumbai: For veteran BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar, who was not included in the new MahaYuti-NDA government, some bigger responsibility awaits him. However, not finding space in the ministry has come as a shocker to him. </p><p>Mungantiwar (62), who comes from a RSS background, is a seven-term MLA - twice from Chandrapur and five times from Ballarpur. </p><p>“Today there was not much work and hence I skipped the first day of the session,” said Mungantiwar. </p><p>“I am not upset,” he said, adding: “I will do whatever work the party assigns me…I do all the work with full sincerity.” </p><p>However, he said that the party told him that he would be given a ministerial job. “I was never told that I would not be made a minister,” he said. </p>.Expanded Maharashtra ministry a mix of old and new faces, 39 ministers take oath.<p>Mungantiwar handled the Finance and Planning and Forest portfolio from 2014-19. However, from 2022-24, he was given the Forest portfolio and Cultural Affairs ministry. “Whatever was given to me, I have given my full,” he told a TV channel.</p><p>It may be mentioned, Mungantiwar, popularly known as Sudhir Bhau, was asked to contest the Chandrapur Lok Sabha seat, however, he lost. Thereafter, he won the Vidhan Sabha polls.</p><p>Asked about the reasons for non-inclusion, he said: “I cannot answer it…the person who has not been included can answer."</p><p>Mungantiwar said that neither Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis nor state BJP President Chandrashekar Bawankule gave him any idea that he would not be made minister. "On the contrary, I was told that my name has been sent (to BJP high command)." </p>
<p>Mumbai: For veteran BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar, who was not included in the new MahaYuti-NDA government, some bigger responsibility awaits him. However, not finding space in the ministry has come as a shocker to him. </p><p>Mungantiwar (62), who comes from a RSS background, is a seven-term MLA - twice from Chandrapur and five times from Ballarpur. </p><p>“Today there was not much work and hence I skipped the first day of the session,” said Mungantiwar. </p><p>“I am not upset,” he said, adding: “I will do whatever work the party assigns me…I do all the work with full sincerity.” </p><p>However, he said that the party told him that he would be given a ministerial job. “I was never told that I would not be made a minister,” he said. </p>.Expanded Maharashtra ministry a mix of old and new faces, 39 ministers take oath.<p>Mungantiwar handled the Finance and Planning and Forest portfolio from 2014-19. However, from 2022-24, he was given the Forest portfolio and Cultural Affairs ministry. “Whatever was given to me, I have given my full,” he told a TV channel.</p><p>It may be mentioned, Mungantiwar, popularly known as Sudhir Bhau, was asked to contest the Chandrapur Lok Sabha seat, however, he lost. Thereafter, he won the Vidhan Sabha polls.</p><p>Asked about the reasons for non-inclusion, he said: “I cannot answer it…the person who has not been included can answer."</p><p>Mungantiwar said that neither Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis nor state BJP President Chandrashekar Bawankule gave him any idea that he would not be made minister. "On the contrary, I was told that my name has been sent (to BJP high command)." </p>