42 Ministers, including 16 Marathas and 17 OBCs, Given Equal Representation in Fadnavis’ New Cabinet

Mumbai: The new state cabinet has ensured equal representation for the Maratha and OBC communities. Out of the 42 ministers, 16 belong to the Maratha community, and 17 belong to various OBC castes. Along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the cabinet includes two ministers from the Brahmin community, two from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), one from the Muslim community, and one from the Jain community. Among the OBCs, two belong to the Mali community, three to the Kunbi community, two to the Banjara community, and three to the Vanjari community.

Maratha Ministers:

1. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
2. Chandrakant Patil
3. Nitesh Rane
4. Shivendra Rajé Bhosale
5. Meghna Bordikar
6. Ashish Shelar
7. Eknath Shinde
8. Shambhuraj Desai
9. Yogesh Kadam
10. Bharat Gogawale
11. Prakash Abitkar
12. Dada Bhuse
13. Ajit Pawar
14. Babasaheb Patil
15. Makarand Patil
16. Manikrao Kokate

OBC Ministers:

1. Girish Mahajan (Gurjar)
2. Chandrashekhar Bawankule (Teli)
3. Pankaja Munde (Vanjari)
4. Pratap Sarnaik (Kunbi)
5. Atul Sawant (Mali)
6. Jaykumar Gore (Mali)
7. Pankaj Bhoyar (Kunbi)
8. Ganesh Naik (Agri)
9. Akash Fundkar (Kunbi)
10. Aditi Tatkare (Gawli)
11. Dattabhushan Bhare (Dhangar)
12. Dhananjay Munde (Vanjari)
13. Gulabrao Patil (Gurjar)
14. Sanjay Rathod (Banjara)
15. Indranil Naik (Banjara)
16. Ashish Jayswal (Kalal)
17. Jaykumar Rawal (Rajput)

Scheduled Castes Ministers:

1. Sanjay Sawkare (Chamar)
2. Sanjay Shirsat (Buddhist)

Scheduled Tribes Ministers:

1. Ashok Uike (Adivasi)
2. Narhari Zhirwal (Adivasi)

Muslim Minister:

1. Hasan Mushrif

Jain Minister:

1. Mangalprabhat Lodh

Brahmin Ministers:

1. Devendra Fadnavis
2. Uday Samant (Goud Brahmin)

Open Category Minister:

1. Madhuri Misal (CKP)