Maharashtra ministry expanded, 39 ministers take oath

The 10-day-old BJP-led Mahayuti alliance ministry in Maharashtra was expanded at Nagpur on Sunday, with 39 ministers being sworn in, taking its strength to 42.

In the expansion, BJP got 19 ministerial berths, followed by 11 to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and nine for Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party.

While 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers, six took oath as ministers of state.

Governor PC Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the new ministers at the ceremony held on the eve of the state legislature's winter session being held in Nagpur from December 16 to 21.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, who took oath in Mumbai on December 5, were present.

The new cabinet includes state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar.

Following is the list of 39 ministers

Cabinet ministers

Chandrashekhar Bawankule (BJP)

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (BJP)

Hasan Mushrif (NCP)

Chandrakant Patil (BJP)

Girish Mahajan (BJP)

Gulabrao Patil (Shiv Sena)

Ganesh Naik (BJP)

Dada Bhuse (Shiv Sena)

Sanjay Rathod (Shiv Sena)

Dhananjay Munde (NCP)

Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP)

Uday Samant (Shiv Sena)

Jaykumar Rawal (BJP)

Pankaja Munde (BJP)

Atul Save (BJP)

Ashok Uike (BJP)

Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena)

Ashish Shelar (BJP)

Dattatray Bharne (NCP)

Aditi Tatkare (NCP)

Shivendrasinh Raje Bhosale (BJP)

Manikrao Kokate (NCP)

Jaykumar Gore (BJP)

Narhari Zirwal (NCP)

Sanjay Savkare (BJP)

Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena)

Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena)

Bharat Gogawale (Shiv Sena)

Makrand Jadhav Patil (NCP)

Nitesh Rane (BJP)

Akash Fundkar (BJP)

Babasaheb Patil (NCP)

Prakash Abitkar (Shiv Sena)

Ministers of state

Madhuri Misal (BJP)

Ashish Jaiswal (Shiv Sena)

Pankaj Bhoyar (BJP)

Meghna Bordikar (BJP)

Indranil Naik (NCP)

Yogesh Kadam (Shiv Sena)