32 days after being sworn in as the Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray has finally expanded his cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony was held at 1:00 PM. It was said that they will induct 36 cabinet members, 13 each from Shiv Sena and National Congress Party (NCP) and 10 from the Congress. It was speculated that Ajit Pawar will take over as the deputy CM, which too has come true.
Here’s the list of all 25 cabinet ministers sworn-in today
1. Ashok Chavan, Congress
2. Dilip Walse Patil, NC
3. Dhananjay Munde, NCP
4. Vijay Waddetiwar, Congress
5. Anil Deshmukh, NCP
6. Hasan Mushrif, NCP
7. Varsha Gaikwad, Congress
8. Rajendra Shingane, NCP
9. Nawab Malik, NCP
10. Rajesh Tope, NCP
11. Sunil Kedar, Congress
12. Sanjay Rathod, Shiv Sena
13. Gulabrao Patil, Shiv Sena
14. Amit Deshmukh, Congress
15. Dada Bhuse, Shiv Sena
16. Jitendra Awhad, NCP
17. Sandippan Bhumre, Shiv Sena
18. Balasaheb Patil, NCP
19. Yashomati Thakur, Congress
20. Anil Parab , Shiv Sena
21. Uday Samant, Shiv Sena
22. KC Padvi, Congress
23. Shankar Rao Gadakh, Independent (Shiv Sena quota)
24. Aslam Shaikh, Congress
25. Aditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena
Ministers of State that took oath today
1. Abdul Sattar, Shiv Sena
2. Satej Patil, Congress
3. Shambhuraj Desai, Shiv Sena
4. Bachchu Kadu, Independent
5. Vishwajeet Kadam, Congress
6. Dattatray Bharne, NCP
7. Aditi Tatkare, NCP
8. Sanjay Bansode, NCP
9. Prajakt Tanpure, NCP
10. Rajendra Patil Yedravkar, Independent