Mahayuti cabinet expansion likely on December 14

Following Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s successful trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly on December 9, attention has shifted to the eagerly awaited cabinet expansion of the Mahayuti alliance. The announcement of Mahayuti alliance is anticipated on December 14, just ahead of the winter assembly session starting on December 16. Sources suggest that the central leadership of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to ensuring the new cabinet upholds a clean and credible image.

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Mahayuti Cabinet : Ministers who may be removed

Sources suggest that three prominent ministers from the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) may be removed from the cabinet. Sanjay Rathod, overseeing the FDA and Water Resources departments, Abdul Sattar, responsible for Minority and Marketing, and Tanaji Sawant from the Health department are expected to lose their positions. Additionally, from the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), Dilip Walse Patil (Co-operation department) and Hasan Mushrif (Medical Education department) are also likely to be excluded.

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Probable New Ministers

The NCP is likely to see prominent figures like Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde, Dharmarao Baba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansod, Narhari Zirwal, Datta Bharne, Anil Bhaidas Patil, and Makrand Aba Patil taking up ministerial roles. The BJP, with 15 ministerial berths, is likely to appoint heavyweights such as Chandrakant Patil, Girish Mahajan, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ravindra Chavan, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Shivendra Raje Bhosale, Atul Save, Pankaja Munde, Madhuri Misal, Devyani Farande, Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, and Ganesh Naik.

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