The Maharashtra cabinet expansion ceremony took place in Nagpur just a day before the opening of the Winter Session. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CMs Eknath Shinde, and Ajit Pawar were present for the ceremony.
The Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion ceremony in Nagpur on Sunday (December 15) saw 39 MLAs of the Mahayuti taking ministerial oaths. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CMs Eknath Shinde, and Ajit Pawar were present at the ceremony. Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan administered the ministerial oaths. MLAs who took oath were from BJP, Shiv Sena as well as from NPC.
Complete list of BJP MLAs who took ministerial oath:
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
Chandrakant Patil
Nitish Rane
Girish Mahajan
Pankaja Munde
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Atul Save
Ashok Uike
Ashish Shelar
Ganesh Naik
Shivendraraje Bhosle
Sanjay Savkare
Jaykumar Gore
Akash Fundkar
Madhuri Misal (MoS)
Prakash Abitkar
Meghna Bordikar (MoS)
Jaykumar Rawal
Pankaj Bhoyar(MoS)
Full list of Shiv Sena MLAs who took ministerial oaths:
Gulabrao Patil
Sanjay Rathod
Dada Bhuse
Uday Samant
Shambhuraj Desai
India Gogawale
Sanjay Shirsat
Ashish Jaiswal(MoS)
Yogesh Kadam (MoS)
Pratap Sarnaik
Full list of NCP MLAs who took a ministerial oath:
Hasan Mushrif
Dhananjay Munde
Dattatray Bharne
Aditi Tatkare
Narhari Zirwal
Manikrao Kokate
Makrand Jadhav-Patil
Babasaheb Patil
Indraneel Naik
Here are some of the moments from the ceremony:
Shiv Sena leader Shambhuraj Desai, BJP leader Ashish Shelar, NCP leader Aditi Tatkare take oath as Cabinet Minister in the state government, at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur. pic.twitter.com/77eTLjZGrt
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2024
BJP leaders Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Pankaja Munde and Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant take oath as Cabinet Minister in the state government, at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur. pic.twitter.com/L1llfkFN3T
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2024
BJP camp sounded upset even outside Maharashtra. BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said that Maharashtra was headed in the right direction under the Mahayuti government.
In Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2024 held in the month of November, Mahayuti secured a landslide victory against Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra assembly. BJP emerged as the last party with 132 votes. Shiv Sena(Shinde bagged 57 seats while NCP(Ajit Pawar) secured victory on 41 seats.
