Amid much political tension in Maharashtra, the nine new ministers who got inducted into chief minister Eknath Shinde led-Maharashtra cabinet last week, got their portfolios today.Who gets what in cabinet expansionNCP leader Ajit Pawar has been assigned the key portfolio and will look after the finance and planning department. Chhaggan Bhujbal another senior leader will oversee the Food Civil Supply and Consumer Protection department, whereas Dharamraobaba Atram will look into Drug and Administration (FDA).Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar today took charge as the Cabinet Minister for Finance and Planning Department. pic.twitter.com/IUkaCefNDX— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2023Dilip Walse Patil has been assigned to the Cooperation Department and Agriculture will be under the stewardship of Dhananjay Munde. Hasan Mushrif will manage the Medical Education department, while two departments Relief and Rehabilitation, as well as Disaster Management, will be led by Anil Patil.The Women and Child Welfare department is given to Aditi Tatkare, with Sanjay Bansode receiving the Sports and Youth Welfare, and Port portfolios.The allocations of the portfolios came as a result of a split between Ajit Pawar and his uncle and Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and the subsequent induction of these nine MLAs into the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government last month.The tweet of CMO Maharashtra reads: The tweet reads, “The Chief Minister @mieknathshinde today announced the allocation of accounts of the newly appointed ministers in the state cabinet by making some changes in the portfolios of the existing ministers as well. This account allocation has been announced after approval by Governor Ramesh Bais. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has the portfolios of General Administration, Urban Development, Information and Technology, Information and Public Relations, Transport, Social Justice, Environment and Climate Change, Mining and any other unallocated portfolio. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will hold the portfolios of Home, Law and Justice, Water Resources and Beneficial Sector Development, Energy, Royal Etiquette.”Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will hold the Finance and Planning portfolio.Accounts of other 26 ministers are as follows:Chhagan Bhujbal – Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer ProtectionDiliprao Dattatraya Valse-Patil – PartnershipRadhakrishna Vikhe-Patil – Revenue, Animal Husbandry and Dairy DevelopmentSudhir Satchidananda Mungantiwar- Forestry, cultural activities, and fisheriesHasan Mianlal Mushrif – Medical Education and Special AssistanceChandrakantada Bachu Patil – Higher and Technical Education, Textile Industry and Parliamentary AffairsVijayakumar Krishnarao Gavit- Tribal DevelopmentGirish Dattatraya Mahajan- Village Development and Panchayat Raj, TourismGulabrao Patil- Water Supply and SanitationDadaji Dagdu Bhuse- Public Works (Public Enterprises)Sanjay Dulichand Rathore- Soil and Water ConservationDhananjay Panditrao Munde – AgricultureSureshbhau Dagdu Khade- WorkerSandipan Asaram Bhumre- Employment Guarantee Scheme and HorticultureUday Ravindra Samant- IndustryProf. Tanaji Jaywant Sawant- Public Health and Family WelfareRavindra Dattatraya Chavan – Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)Abdul Sattar- Minority Development and Auqaf, PananDeepak Vasantrao Kesarkar- School Education and Marathi LanguageDharmarao Baba Bhagwantrao Atram – Food and Drug AdministrationAtul Moreshwar Save – Housing, Other Backward and Bahujan WelfareShambhuraj Shivajirao Desai- State Excise DutyAditi Sunil Tatkare – Women and Child DevelopmentSanjay Baburao Bansode – Sports and Youth Welfare, BandreMangalprabhat Lodha- Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and InnovationAnil Patil – Aid Rehabilitation, Disaster Management.राज्य मंत्रिमंडळातील नवनियुक्त मंत्र्यांच्या खातेवाटपाबरोबरच सध्याच्या मंत्र्यांच्या खात्यांमध्ये देखील काही फेरबदल करून मुख्यमंत्री @mieknathshinde यांनी आज खातेवाटप जाहीर केले आहे.राज्यपाल रमेश बैस यांनी मंजुरी दिल्यानंतर हे खातेवाटप जाहीर करण्यात आले आहे.मुख्यमंत्री एकनाथ… pic.twitter.com/KwhXn15uO2— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) July 14, 2023
