Six days after the primary growth of the state cupboard was introduced, on December 15, the Mahayuti authorities allotted the portfolios on Saturday, the final day of the winter session of the state legislature, after receiving a nod from Governor CP Radhakrishnan.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde at a Press convention at Vidhan Bhavan, in Nagpur on Saturday. (ANI)
BJP has retained 20 ministerial berths, Shiv Sena 12 and NCP 10 berths.
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis retained house and vitality departments. Of his two deputies, Eknath Shinde will head city growth, housing and public works (public enterprise) whereas Ajit Pawar will proceed to move finance with the addition of excise division.
Whereas the BJP has retained a number of key departments, of its allies, Shiv Sena bagged plum ministries – after Shinde’s extended parleys with the BJP — in comparison with NCP.
Among the many key departments, BJP has retained house, vitality, income, public works, water sources (irrigation), rural growth and tribal growth. Shiv Sena has received city growth, housing, industries, public well being, social justice, agriculture and MSRDC, which Shinde was eager on. NCP has managed to get finance, excise, cooperation, and ladies and youngster welfare, which is implementing the Ladki Bahin Yojna.
The allocation highlights the change inside BJP’s inside dynamics. Whereas Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, a Fadnavis aide, has been given the important thing income portfolio, different senior BJP leaders comparable to Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil and Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar have been allotted insignificant ones. Whereas Vikhe-Patil, a chief ministerial aspirant, will break up water sources division with Girish Mahajan, Shelar is the brand new cultural affairs and knowledge expertise minister.
Water sources has 5 region-wise companies – whereas Vikhe Patil has been given Godavari and Krishna basin companies, Mahajan has been given Vidarbha, Tapi and Konkan growth company. One other BJP heavyweight and the get together’s OBC face Pankaja Munde has been given setting and local weather change, and animal husbandry.
Shivendrasinh Bhosle, a descendant of Maratha king Shivaji Mahraj, has been given the numerous PWD division, whereas one other first-time minister Jaykumar Gore has rural growth, which controls rural governments.
A senior BJP functionary, who didn’t want to be named, stated: “The portfolio allocation shows two things – Eknath Shinde has managed to extract his pound of flesh and Fadnavis has managed to reduce the importance of seniors among BJP ministers such as Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil and Ashish Shelar. Instead, he has allocated key portfolios to those close to him or first-time ministers. They will form his new team within the BJP.”
State BJP vp Madhav Bhandari nevertheless known as the distribution “balanced between the three parties, as most of the departments remain with the ministers from the previous government”.
Celebration spokesperson Krishna Hegde nevertheless stated, “We have got very significant departments like UDD, housing, school education that are directly related to the people. There are dissident voices in the party, but other leaders too will get the opportunities in the future.”
Reacting to the allocations, a Sena MLA stated: “It seems all key departments that came our way were retained by Shinde and a couple of ministers close to him. Senior minister Gulabrao Patil has been given water supply, Sanjay Rathod soil and water conservation and Shambhujraj Desai tourism and mining. They are unhappy with this.”
Celebration spokesperson Krishna Hegde nevertheless stated, “We have got very significant departments like UDD, housing, school education that are directly related to the people.”
Amongst different portfolios, industries division is with Uday Samant (Shiv Sena), public well being with Prakash Abitkar (Shiv Sena), faculty training with Dadaji Bhuse (Shiv Sena), meals and civil provides, shopper safety with Dhananjay Munde (NCP), transport with Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena), greater training and parliamentary affairs with Chandrakant Patil (BJP) and medical training to Hasan Mushrif (NCP).
Nitesh Rane (BJP) has been given fisheries, ports whereas Manikrao Kokate (NCP) will get agriculture and Jaykumar Gore (BJP) rural growth. Mangalprabhat Lodha (BJP) has been allotted ability growth and employment. NCP’s Narhari Zirwal has meals and drug administration and particular help