Maharashtra Politics: After the formation of the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, today the state's government ministries were distributed. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has retained the Home Department, Energy (excluding renewable energy), Law and Justice, General Administration Department, Information and Public Relations Department, along with additional charge of ministries that have no other minister assigned.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been entrusted with the responsibility of Urban Development, Housing, and Public Works (Public Enterprises) departments, while NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has received the Finance and Planning ministries, along with the State Excise Department.
Who Got Which Ministry?The distribution of ministries is as follows:
- Devendra Fadnavis - Home Department
- Ajit Pawar - Finance Department
- Eknath Shinde - Urban Development, Housing
- Chandrashekhar Bawankule - Revenue Department
- Hasan Mushrif - Medical Education
- Chandrakant Patil - Higher and Technical Education, Parliamentary Affairs
- Ganesh Naik - Forest Department
- Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil - Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation)
- Pankaja Munde - Environment & Climate Change, Animal Husbandry
- Uday Samant - Industry and Marathi Language
- Gulabrao Patil - Water Supply and Sanitation
- Dada Bhuse - School Education
- Girish Mahajan - Water Conservation (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development), Disaster Management
- Sanjay Rathod - Soil and Water Conservation
- Dhananjay Munde - Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection
- Mangal Prabhat Lodha - Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
- Jaykumar Rawal - Marketing, Protocol
- Atul Seve - OBC Welfare, Dairy Development, Renewable Energy
- Ashok Uike - Tribal Development
- Ashish Shelar - Information Technology, Cultural Affairs
- Shambhuraj Desai - Tourism, Mining, and Freedom Fighter Welfare
- Manikrao Kokate - Agriculture
- Dattatreya Bharane - Sports and Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Auqaf
- Jaykumar Gore - Rural Development, Panchayat Raj
- Narhari Jirwal - Food and Drug Administration
- Sanjay Savkare - Textile
- Sanjay Shirsat - Social Justice
- Pratap Sarnaik - Transport
- Bharat Gogavle - Employment Guarantee, Horticulture
- Makarand Patil - Relief and Rehabilitation
- Nitesh Rane - Fisheries and Ports
- Akash Fundkar - Labour
- Babasaheb Patil - Cooperation
- Prakash Abitkar - Public Health and Family Welfare
Departments for Ministers of StateAdditionally, some ministers of state have been assigned important departments:
- Madhuri Misal - Social Justice, Minority Development, Medical Education
- Ashish Jaiswal - Finance and Planning, Law and Justice
- Meghna Bordikar - Public Health, Water Supply
- Indraneel Naik - Higher and Technical Education, Tribal Development
- Yogesh Kadam - Home State Ministry, Municipal Ministry
- Pankaj Bhoyar - Housing
Focus on Pankaja Munde and Nitesh RaneThere was significant attention on Pankaja Munde and Nitesh Rane, as Pankaja Munde made her return to the cabinet after five years, and Nitesh Rane took his oath as a minister for the first time. Pankaja Munde has been assigned the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change and Animal Husbandry, while Nitesh Rane has been given charge of Fisheries and Ports.
BJP Emerges as the Largest Party, Also Leads the GovernmentIn the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, BJP emerged as the largest party with 132 seats. Along with its allies, the Mahayuti government was formed, with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena winning 57 seats and Ajit Pawar's faction of the NCP securing 41 seats. With the most seats, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister and Eknath Shinde was made the Deputy Chief Minister.