Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: Sena & NCP to bag 13 ministries each, says Saamana

As per a report in Saamana newspaper on Tuesday, number of ministries to be allocated between constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi has been decided. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will expand his cabinet on December 30 at 1 pm. Apart from Thackeray, re are 6 ministers-two each from Sena, NCP, and Congress who are functioning currently. According to Saamana, Shiv Sena and NCP will bag 10 Cabinet and 3 Minister of State positions each. On or hand, Congress is likely to get only 10 ministries. While a prospective list of NCP and Sena names was ready, re was a delay on part of Congress to finalise names. It is expected that Congress president Sonia Gandhi will take a decision in this regard in next one-two days.

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Portfolio allocation in Maharashtra

On December 12,  portfolios were allocated to ministers in Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra. While Sena bagged Home, Urban Development, Environment, Forests, Industries and Mining and Agriculture, NCP was allocated portfolios such as Rural Development Water Resources, Finance, and Public Health. On or hand, Congress is handling  Public Works Department, Education, Women, and Child Development and Tribal Development ministries. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is in charge of all or portfolios that have already t been allocated to any Minister. 

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se are some of current portfolios of Ministers:

1. Uddhav Thackeray: All portfolios or than those allocated to or ministries

2. Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena): Home, Urban Development, Environment, Forests

3. Balasaheb Thorat (Congress): Revenue, School Education, Medical Education

4. Chhagan Bhujbal (NCP): Rural Development, Water Resources

5. Jayant Patil (NCP): Finance & Planning, Public Health

6. Nitin Raut (Congress): Public Works Department, Women and Child Development, Tribal Development

7. Subhash Desai (Shiv Sena): Industries and Mining, Agriculture

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