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After Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s government secured the trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly on December 9, all eyes are now on the much-anticipated cabinet expansion of the Mahayuti alliance. The expansion is expected to be announced on December 14, ahead of the winter assembly session beginning December 16.
Sources indicate that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) central leadership is firm on maintaining a clean image for the new cabinet. There is a strong speculation that many heavyweight names in the last cabinet are likely to be nixed due to their bad performance and reputation, according to sources.
MINISTERS LIKELY TO BE DROPPED
The upcoming Mahayuti alliance cabinet expansion in Maharashtra is expected to exclude several current ministers due to their alleged poor performance or tarnished reputations.
From the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), three key ministers are likely to be dropped. Sanjay Rathod, who currently handles the FDA and Water Resources department, Abdul Sattar from the Minority and Marketing department, and Tanaji Sawant from the Health department are expected to lose their positions, according to sources.
In the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), Dilip Walse Patil (Co-operation department) and Hasan Mushrif (Medical Education department) are likely to be sidelined.
The BJP may also see changes, with Suresh Khade (Labour department) and Vijaykumar Gavit (Adivasi Welfare department) expected to be dropped.
PROBABLE NEW MINISTERS
The reshuffle is set to bring in several new faces across the three alliance partners, reflecting a focus on clean governance and fresh leadership.
From the Shiv Sena, probable names include Uday Samant, Shamburaj Desai, Dada Bhuse, Gulabrao Patil, Sanjay Shirsat, Bharat Gogawale, Pratap Sarnaik, Ashish Jaiswal, Rajesh Khirsagar, and Arjun Khotkar.
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.
The Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti alliance government passed a trust vote in the Maharashtra assembly on Monday (December 9).
Devendra Fadnavis took oath as chief minister almost two weeks after the Mahayuti (grand alliance) in Maharashtra secured a landslide election victory. Allies BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) together won 230 of the 288 seats in the legislative assembly.
