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After A Month Long Wait, Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion Today

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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:  Five MLAs from the Bhartiya Janata Party and four from the Shinde Sena are expected to take oath in at the much-awaited cabinet expansion in Maharashtra today, according to reports.

The cabinet expansion comes 40 days after a revolt by a Shiv Sena faction led by then Thackeray loyalist Eknath Shinde brought down the Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray-led government.

The Opposition had criticized the delay in expanding the cabinet following the swearing-in of Eknath Shinde, who led the rebellion, as chief minister and the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy in June.

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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 Shinde-Fadnavis 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.

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Trump telephoned Modi to congratulate him on the historic electoral victory in the Lok Sabha polls, the White House said on Friday.

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“The leaders look forward to seeing one another at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, where the US, India, and Japan will hold a trilateral meeting to pursue their shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the White House said.

The G-20 Summit meeting is slated for June 28 and 29.

China is flexing its muscles in the South China Sea (SCS) which serves as a passage for annual trade worth USD 3.5 trillion. The US and China are locked in a tussle for the commercial control of the SCS.

China claims almost all of the strategic SCS with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam pushing competing claims to parts of the resource-rich maritime region. The US, Japan and India do not have any territorial claims there.

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Later speaking to reporters at the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on his way to Japan, Trump said, “I just spoke to Prime Minister Modi and I gave him my warmest regards and congratulations.

“I just conveyed congratulations on behalf of our country, myself and everybody. He had a great election win. He is a friend of mine. We have a very good relationship with India”.

In a tweet, later, Trump hailed Modi as a “great man and leader for the people of India”.”Just spoke to Prime Minister @NarendraModi where I congratulated him on his big political victory. He is a great man and leader for the people of India – they are lucky to have him!” he tweeted.

The White House said that the President and Prime Minister pledged to continue to strengthen the United States-India strategic partnership, building on the achievements of the last two years.

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Modi had responded saying, “I too am looking forward to working closely with you for closer bilateral ties, which also augur well for global peace and prosperity.”

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