Days after the Mahayuti government was formed after a landmark victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, a total of 39 MLAs were inducted into the Maharashtra government on Sunday. The oath-taking ceremony took place in Nagpur. This came a day before the commencement of the week-long Winter Session of the state legislature on December 16.
Out of 39 MLAs, 33 were inducted as Cabinet ministers, six were sworn in as ministers of state. Nineteen ministers are from BJP, 11 from Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and nine from the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar). The cabinet expansion took place 10 days after Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister for the third time on December 5. Check full list of 39 ministers below:
BJP Ministers – 19
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Shiv Sena Ministers – 11
NCP Ministers – 9
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Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: 39 MLAs sworn in as ministers, BJP gets 19; check full list
