After more than a month since taking charge as chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray finally expanded his cabinet on Monday, in which he inducted at least 36 new ministers into his team.
The Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress have gone in for a mix of heavyweights and new faces for ministerial berths in the much-awaited expansion of the council of ministers slated for today. Ajit Pawar has sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister. Aaditya Thackeray, who won from Worli, may swear in as a minister too.
25 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state are all set to take oath. Here is a complete list of ministers to be sworn in today –
Cabinet Ministers
Congress ministers: Ashok Chavan, Vijay Vadettiwar, Varsha Gaikwad, Sunil Kedar, Amit Deshmukh, Yashomati Thakur, Aslam Shaikh, KC Padvi
NCP ministers: Dilip Wales Patil, Dhananjay Munde, Anil Deshmukh, Hassan Mushrif, Rajendra Shingne, Nawab Malik, Rajesh Tope, Balasaheb Patil, Jitendra Awhad
Shiv Sena ministers: Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Parab, Uday Samant, Sanjay Rathod, Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse, Sandipan Bhumre
Ministers of State
Shiv Sena ministers: Abdul Sattar, Shambhuraj Desai, Bachchu Kadu, Independent (Shiv Sena quota), Rajendra Patil Yedravkar, Independent (Shiv Sena quota)
NCP Ministers: Dattatray Bharne, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, Prajakt Tanpure
Congress ministers: Satej Patil, Vishwajeet Kadam
