The Maharashtra Cabinet witnessed a major expansion on Sunday, December 15, with 39 MLAs from the ruling Mahayuti alliance taking their ministerial oaths at a ceremony in Nagpur. The event was attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and was presided over by Governor CP Radhakrishnan, who administered the oaths.
The newly inducted ministers include representatives from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). This expansion reflects the Mahayuti alliance's effort to strike a balance among coalition partners and regions.
Full List of Ministers Sworn In
BJP Ministers:
- Chandrashekhar Bawankule
- Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
- Chandrakant Patil
- Nitesh 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)
Shiv Sena Ministers:
- Gulabrao Patil
- Sanjay Rathod
- Dada Bhuse
- Uday Samant
- Shambhuraj Desai
- Bharat Gogawale
- Sanjay Shirsat
- Ashish Jaiswal (MoS)
- Yogesh Kadam (MoS)
- Pratap Sarnaik
NCP Ministers:
- Hasan Mushrif
- Dhananjay Munde
- Dattatray Bharne
- Aditi Tatkare
- Narhari Zirwal
- Manikrao Kokate
- Makrand Jadhav-Patil
- Babasaheb Patil
- Indraneel Naik
