Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, and former water resources minister Girish Mahajan are likely to be inducted into the Shinde-Fadnavis team, sources added.
Mumbai: After more than a month, the expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet is likely to take place tomorrow, and as many as, 12 ministers, are expected to take the oath, with each region getting a minister each, according to sources.
Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, and former water resources minister Girish Mahajan are likely to be inducted into the Shinde-Fadnavis team, sources added.
Sources further said, from the Shinde Sena, Gulab Raghunath Patil, Sada Sarvankar, and spokesperson of the Shinde faction Deepak Vasant Kesarkar are likely to take oath tomorrow.
Shiv Sena MLA Shinde and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis were sworn in as chief minister and Deputy chief minister respectively on June 30 after the resignation of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray due to a revolt in the Sena ranks.
The duo had been functioning as a two-member cabinet since then, inviting criticism from the Opposition. MR Fadnavis and Mr. Shinde visited Delhi multiple times in the recent past regarding the issue of cabinet expansion.
According to sources, Mr. Fadnavis is likely to get the Home portfolio, which he held during his first term as CM, from 2015-2020.
“The expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet will take place before you can even imagine”, Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, told the media in Delhi, responding to questions on the induction of new ministers.
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