SCOOP: Finance for Ajit Pawar, Environment for Aaditya; possible portfolios list here

Amid resentments, infighting and surfacing reports of internal politics between parties in Maharashtra over cabinet expansion, final list of portfolio allocation in Uddhav Thackeray-led government is expected to be released by Thursday evening. On Monday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inducted a total of 36 ministers in his one-month-old coalition government comprising Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress. 

After delay in portfolio allocation, sources revealed that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is likely to become Finance Minister of state, Shiv Sena's Aitya Thackeray to possibly he Environment & Tourism Ministry and Ashok Chavan is likely to get his way and be allocated with PWD Ministry in Maharashtra. A rift broke out between Maharashtra Congress over allocation of portfolios. senior party leers including former Chief Ministers Prithviraj Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, and leer Amin Patel have purportedly expressed ir disappointment over decision. 

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Here's a list of possible scenario: 

• Ajit Pawar, NCP - Finance, and planning
• Anil Deshmukh, NCP - Home
• Jayant Patil, NCP - Irrigation
• Dilip Valse Patil, NCP - Labour and Excise
• Chhagan Bhujbal, NCP - Food and Civil supplies
• Aitya Thackeray, Shiv Sena - Environment and Tourism
• Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena - Urban Development
• Subhash Desai, Shiv Sena - Industry
• Balasaheb Thorat, Congress - Revenue
• Ashok Chavan, Congress - PWD
• Amit Deshmukh, Congress - School Education or Power
• Nitin Raut, Congress - Wants Power portfolio
• Yashomati Thakur, Congress - Woman and Child Development
• Nawab Malik, NCP - Mirity affairs
• Jitendra Awh, NCP - Housing

On Monday, Ajit Pawar, for second time, took oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister after his three-day stint in vember with short-lived Fnavis 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. 

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 This was preceded by an 80-hour CM stint by former CM Devendra Fnavis, which fell after Ajit Pawar rescinded his support after Supreme Court ordered an open ballot floor test in Maharashtra Assembly immediately. Both Fnavis and Pawar resigned, ushering in Maha Vikas Aghi 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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