Brother not made Maharashtra minister, Sanjay Raut skips Aaditya & Ajit Pawar's oathtaking

In what seems like a political snub, senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday did t attend oath-taking ceremony of expanded cabinet of Thackeray-led Maharashtra government. Raut who is a close friend of Thackeray family and is Sena's official spokesperson missed witnessing Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray who was sworn-in as a Cabinet Minister. Incidentally, Raut's younger bror- Sunil Raut has t been given a cabinet post and hence is reportedly miffed with CM Uddhav Thackeray.

Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: Aaditya to take oath in far Uddhav Thackeray's govt

Ajit Pawar sworn in as Dy CM

Earlier in day, during cabinet expansion oath ceremony, Ajit Pawar once again took oath as Deputy CM after his three-day stint in vember with short-lived Fadnavis government. Shiv Sena's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS), NCP's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS) and Congress' 10 ministers (8 - cabinet, 2 - MoS) took oath on Monday at 12 PM in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. This final list was finalised by CM on Sunday.

• Shiv Sena Ministers: Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Rathod, Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse, Sandipan Bhumre, Anil Parab, Uday Samant, Shankarrao Gadakh, Abdul Sattar (MoS), Shamburaj Desai (MoS), Bachu Kadu (MoS), Rajendra Patil-Yedravkar (MoS)

• NCP Ministers: Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister), Dilip Patil, Dhananjay Munde, Anil Deshmukh, Hasan Mushrif, Rajendra Shingne, Nawab Malik, Rajesh Tope, Jitendra Ahwad, Balasaheb Patil, Dattatreya Bharne (MoS), Aditi Tatkare (MoS), Sanjay Bansode (MoS), Prajakt Tanpure (MoS)

• Congress Ministers: Ashok Chavan, Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar, Varsha Gaikwad, Sunil Kedar, Amit Deshmukh, Yashomati Thakur, Aslam Sheikh, KC Padvi, Satej Patil, Vishwajeet Kadam

Aaditya Thackeray takes oath as Minister in Maharashtra government

Maharashtra cabinet expansion

Winter session of Maharashtra Assembly was held from December 16 to December 21 in Nagpur. Opposition has slammed delay, saying t many issues were debated and resolved in Nagpur Assembly. Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. size of council of ministers cant exceed 15 percent of total number of MLAs, which is 288 in state.

As Aaditya Thackeray takes oath as Maharashtra minister, watch bror Tejas react

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. This was preceded by 4-day CM stint by Fadnavis, which fell after Ajit Pawar rescinded his support after Supreme Court ordered an open ballot floor test in Maharashtra Assembly immediately. Both Fadnavis and Pawar resigned, ushering in Maha Vikas Aghadi government with Shiv Sena allying with  NCP-Congress after a fallout with BJP  over a 50-50 power-sharing and shared CM post.

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