Maha: NCP ministers given portfolios, Ajit Pawar gets finance
As per the statement, Dhananjay Munde has been given Agriculture, while Dilip Walse-Patil will be the Cooperation minister.
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As per the statement, Dhananjay Munde has been given Agriculture, while Dilip Walse-Patil will be the Cooperation minister.
With the inclusion of 9 NCP ministers, there are 29 cabinet ministers in Maharashtra
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was given the Finance and Planning portfolio on Friday, nearly two weeks after he broke away from the original party and took oath as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister.
Amid speculations of fissures in the fledgling ruling alliance in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has secured finance departments in the Cabinet expansion.
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: Ajit Pawar's NCP faction leaders, who were sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde government on July 2, were appointed key portfolios on Friday