Following Mahayuti's landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections, the cabinet has been sworn in. The Mahayuti cabinet o🌳ath-taking comes weeks after BJP's Devendra Fadnavis was named the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Along with Fadnavis, NCP's Ajit Pawar and Shiv Se🎶na's Eknath Shinde were sworn in as the deputy chief ministers of the state government.
Mahayuti Cabinet Takes Oath
The cabinet꧑ expansion of the BJP-led Mahayuti government took place on on Sunday evening at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur. The ceremony began at 4:30 PM.
Speaking to news agency PTI, a senior BJP leader has stated that around 30 to 32 ministers ar✱e expected to take oath at the ceremony. In the Maharashtra state government, the cabinet can have a total of 43 ministers, including theꦗ chief minister.
Who's On The List?
The final list of cabinet ministers has not been released. However, citing sources, PTI has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to receive the maximum amꦑount of cabinet berths as it was the party with the maximum votes.
BJP is expected to get 20 to 21 ministerial berths, followed by 11 to 12 berths of Shinde Sena and 9 to 10 for Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party.
Sources have also said that the ܫBJP will retain the home ministry but is expected to cede thꩵe housing ministry to the Shinde Sena.
Furthermore, sources have also added that the two BJP allies -- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Cong💞ress Party (NCP) -- will retain the portfolios they had in the previous Mahayuti government e🦄xcept for one additional ministry to the Shiv Sena.
