Maharashtra Politics / Division of departments took place in Maharashtra govt, know what Ajit and Shinde got

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:

1. Devendra Fadnavis - Home Department
2. Ajit Pawar - Finance Department
3. Eknath Shinde - Urban Development, Housing
4. Chandrashekhar Bawankule - Revenue Department
5. Hasan Mushrif - Medical Education
6. Chandrakant Patil - Higher and Technical Education, Parliamentary Affairs
7. Ganesh Naik - Forest Department
8. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil - Water Resources (Godavari and Krishna Valley Development Corporation)
9. Pankaja Munde - Environment & Climate Change, Animal Husbandry
10. Uday Samant - Industry and Marathi Language
11. Gulabrao Patil - Water Supply and Sanitation
12. Dada Bhuse - School Education
13. Girish Mahajan - Water Conservation (Vidarbha, Tapi, Konkan Development), Disaster Management
14. Sanjay Rathod - Soil and Water Conservation
15. Dhananjay Munde - Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection
16. Mangal Prabhat Lodha - Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
17. Jaykumar Rawal - Marketing, Protocol
18. Atul Seve - OBC Welfare, Dairy Development, Renewable Energy
19. Ashok Uike - Tribal Development
20. Ashish Shelar - Information Technology, Cultural Affairs
21. Shambhuraj Desai - Tourism, Mining, and Freedom Fighter Welfare
22. Manikrao Kokate - Agriculture
23. Dattatreya Bharane - Sports and Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Auqaf
24. Jaykumar Gore - Rural Development, Panchayat Raj
25. Narhari Jirwal - Food and Drug Administration
26. Sanjay Savkare - Textile
27. Sanjay Shirsat - Social Justice
28. Pratap Sarnaik - Transport
29. Bharat Gogavle - Employment Guarantee, Horticulture
30. Makarand Patil - Relief and Rehabilitation
31. Nitesh Rane - Fisheries and Ports
32. Akash Fundkar - Labour
33. Babasaheb Patil - Cooperation
34. Prakash Abitkar - Public Health and Family Welfare

Departments for Ministers of State

Additionally, 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 Rane

There 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 Government

In 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.