Maharashtra: Congress ministers meet Rahul, Sonia

A day after taking oath, newly sworn-in Congress Ministers from Maharashtra met senior party leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence in the national capital.

New Delhi: Newly-elected Congress Ministers in Maharashtra met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and interim party president Sonia Gandhi in the national capital on Tuesday.

The ministers were accompanied by Congress general secretary in charge of Maharashtra, Mallikarjun Kharge and also senior Congress leader KC Venugopal along with AICC secretaries incharge of the State.

At the Aghadi government's cabinet expansion yesterday, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered oath to 14 ministers from NCP, 10 from Congress and 12 from Shiv Sena at Vidhan Bhavan (state legislature) premises in south Mumbai.

The 36 ministers sworn in on Monday include 10 Cabinet and four ministers of state of the NCP, eight Cabinet and four MoS of Shiv Sena, and eight Cabinet and two MoS of Congress.

The NCP now has 12 Cabinet ministers and four MoS, the Shiv Sena has 10 Cabinet ministers and four MoS while Congress has 10 Cabinet ministers and two MoS.

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