Maha Portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, NCP's Anil Deshmukh to lead Home. Full list here

After Maharashtra Goverr Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday approved allocation of portfolios in State cabinet as finalised by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, official list is out. Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning has been allocated to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, while Home Ministry has been allocated to NCP's Anil Deshmukh and Urban Development Ministry has been allocated to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde. Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat has been allocated Revenue Ministry and Aaditya Thackeray has been given portfolio of Environment, Tourism and Protocol. tably, Sharad Pawar-led NCP has got most of 'plum portfolios' which includes Finance, Home, Irrigation, etc. 

Here is list for Maharashtra portfolio allocation:

On Saturday, a list of names was sent to Goverr’s office in evening but it was t cleared, forcing ar day’s delay in allocation of portfolios. Earlier, delay was due to disagreement between three ruling allies — Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. NCP, however, shifted blamed on Goverr Bhagat Singh Koshyari for delaying matter for ar day. State minister and NCP leader Jayant Patil tweeted that list was sent to Koshyari at 7.30 pm. An official from state government said that file was sent around 8-8.30 pm. Sources in Sena and NCP claimed that file was sent at 9.45 pm.

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Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion

On December 31, during cabinet expansion oath ceremony, NCP's Ajit Pawar once again took oath as Deputy CM after his three-day stint in vember with short-lived Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government. Shiv Sena's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS), NCP's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS) and Congress's 10 ministers (8 - cabinet, 2 - MoS) took oath on Monday at 12 pm in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra on vember 28 along with six ministers — two each from alliance partners Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress.

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