#MahaVikasAghadi portfolios : Ajit Pawar gets Finance and Anil Deshmukh Home, while Balasaheb Thorat Revenue
Mumbai | Mahaenews | Online Team
The Maharashtra Government’s Cabinet was expanded on December 30 with the induction of 36 ministers. Now on Saturday the portfolio allocated late night. Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar has got the finance and planning department. Party colleague Anil Deshmukh is the state’s new Home minister.
First-time Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who is the son of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been given charge of the environment, tourism and protocol departments. Senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat has got the revenue ministry while his party colleague and former chief minister Ashok Chavan got the Public Works Department (PWD)- excluding public undertakings.
NCP’s former opposition leader Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde has got the social justice department. While Mr. Jitendra Awhad has been given housing department. Anil Deshmukh, the MLA from Katol in Nagpur district of Vidarbha has got Home minister.
The chief minister has kept the general administration department (GAD), information and technology, and law and judiciary departments with himself. The urban development department has been allocated to Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde. Subhash Desai has got industries and mineral departments and Anil Parab got the transport and parliamentary affairs departments.
Among the NCP ministers, Chhagan Bhujbal got the food and civil supplies, and consumer protection departments, Nawab Malik- minority development, Waqf Board, skill development and entrepreneurship, Dilip Walse Patil- Excise and labour, Jayant Patil- water resources development and command area development, and Rajendra Shingane- food and drug administration (FDA).
NCP’s MLA Rajesh Tope has got public health and family welfare departments, Hasan Mushrif- rural development, and Balasaheb Patil- cooperation and marketing.
Shiv Sena’s Dadaji Bhuse has allocated agriculture and ex-servicemen welfare departments. Sandipan Bhumare- EGS and horticulture, Gulabrao Patil- water supply and sanitation, Sanjay Rathod- forest, relief and rehabilitation, and disaster management, and Uday Samant- higher and technical education.
Congress ministers Yashomati Thakur has been allocated women and child development department, Varsha Gaikwad- school education department, Sunil Kedar- animal husbandry and dairy development, youth and sports welfare, Vijay Wadettiwar- OBC welfare and salt land development, Amit Deshmukh- medical education and culture, K C Padvi- tribal development, and Aslam Shaikh- textile, fisheries and port development.
Besides, Independent MLA, Cabinet minister Shankarrao Gadakh got soil and water conservation department.
Among the NCP’s MLA Dattatray Bharne has got PWD, forest, animal husbandry and GAD, Sanjay Bansode- environment, drinking water and sanitation, Prajakt Tanpure- urban development, power, tribal development, and Aditi Tatkare- industries, tourism, horticulture and sports.
Shiv Sena’s MoS Shambhuraj Desai got Home-rural, finance and planning, and Excise, while Abdul Sattar got revenue, rural development, port and salt land development. Among the Congress’ MoS, Vishwajeet Kadam got cooperation and agriculture departments, while Satej Patil got Home-urban, transport, IT and ex-servicemen welfare.
Besides, MoS Rajendra Yadravkar (Independent MLA) has got medical education, public health and family welfare, while Bachchu Kadu (also Independent legislator) got water resources department, school education and OBC welfare.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi government, comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, had been facing criticism from the opposition BJP for delay in the allocation of portfolios despite being in power for over a month now.
