Maharashtra Cabinet: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ‘Mahayuti’ government in Maharashtra announced the allocation of departments on Saturday (December 21). Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to Home Ministry and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has been given the Finance and Planning Department. Apart from this, Shiv Sena chief and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde has got the Urban Development Department.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule has got Revenue, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has got Water Resources and Hasan Mushrif has got Medical Education department. Chandrakant Patil has got the Ministry of Higher and Technical Education, Ganesh Naik has got the Ministry of Forest and Dada Bhuse has got the Ministry of School Education.
Uday Samant has been given Industry, Pankaja Munde has been given Environment while Manikrao Kokate has been given Agriculture department. Apart from this, Dhananjay Munde has got Food and Civil Supplies, Ashok Uike has got Tribal Development, Ashish Shelar has got IT and Culture Department.
It is being told that in the final list after tense talks, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis has been allotted the Home Ministry along with Energy (except Renewable Energy), Law and Judiciary, General Administration, Information and Publicity (and no other minister). Was given the charge of the department. Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena got the charge of Urban Development, Housing and Public Works (Public Enterprises).
Apart from finance and planning, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will also look after the state excise department. Devendra Fadnavis, while talking to reporters on Saturday, had said that the allocation of departments has been finalized and the list will be released tonight or tomorrow.
Fadnavis and his deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath on December 5. After this, 39 ministers were inducted before the winter session on 15 December. The ‘Mahayuti’ alliance comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party won a landslide victory in the assembly elections held on November 20 by winning 230 out of 288 seats.
Opposition parties on Saturday alleged that the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislature was held only as a formality as ministers could not resolve the issues of farmers and others due to lack of department allocation. Addressing reporters on the sixth and final day of the session in Nagpur, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve said that the government has presented only old schemes and promises in the Legislative Council.
Danve said, “Although the Mahayuti government was formed 15 days ago and the cabinet was also expanded, the allocation of departments has not been done yet. In this session, the ministers remained sitting in the legislature without a ministry. This The session was a mere formality.” He said the government has failed to reassure farmers, workers and industries.
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Referring to the violence in Parbhani city over damage to the replica of the Constitution, the suspicious death of an accused in judicial custody, the murder of a sarpanch in Beed and the attack on a Marathi family in Kalyan, Danve said that the government should maintain law and order. Has failed to keep up.