14:27 December 30
Aaditya Thackeray sworn-in as Maha minister
Shiv Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray, who is the first from his family to contest and win an Assembly election, took oath as a Cabinet Minister in the Aghadi government today. Apart from him, 35 others are being sworn-in as ministers.
13:35 December 30
Ajit returns as deputy CM, Ashok Chavan sworn-in as Cabinet minister
Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had briefly rebelled against his own party, took oath as the deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, as Uddhav Thackeray expanded his cabinet today. NCP leaders Dilip Walse Patil, Dhananjay Munde and Congress' Ashok Chavan were sworn in as Cabinet ministers.
12:17 December 30
36 MLAs to be sworn-in as ministers
According to a list released by the Chief Minister's office, apart from Ajit Pawar, 25 other MLAs will take oath as Cabinet Ministers, while 10 legislators will be sworn in as Ministers of State. The Cabinet Ministers will include senior NCP leader Nawab Malik, and Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray.
12:07 December 30
Ajit to take oath as deputy CM
According to reports, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had briefly rebelled against his own party, will take oath as the deputy Chief Minister during the first cabinet expansion of the Aghadi government later today.
11:47 December 30
Aaditya to also take oath
According to reports, Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who is the first from the Thackeray family to be elected as a legislator, will also take oath as a minister in the Aghadi government today.
11:28 December 30
10 Congress MLAs expected to be sworn-in as ministers today
Mumbai:Ten Congress MLAs, including former chief minister Ashok Chavan, will join the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra council of ministers during its expansion on Monday, party sources were quoted by reports.
The swearing-in will take place at 1 pm in the Vidhan Bhavan (state legislature) premises where a total of 36 ministers are likely to take oath, they said.
From the Congress' side, Ashok Chavan, K C Padvi, Vijay Wadettiwar, Amit Deshmukh, Sunil Kadar, Yashomati Thakur, Varsha Gaikwad and Aslam Sheikh will take oath as Cabinet ministers, the sources said.
Besides, Satej Patil and Vishwajit Kadam of the Congress will be sworn in as ministers of state, they added.
The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray was formed on November 28. The state Cabinet currently has six ministers, besides the Chief Minister.
Balasaheb Thorat and Nitin Raut of the Congress, Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai of the Shiv Sena and Jayant Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal of the NCP took oath alongwith Thackeray on November 28.
Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. The size of the council of ministers cannot exceed 15 per cent of the total number of MLAs, which is 288 in the state.
The Shiv Sena last month joined hands with the Congress and NCP, its traditional adversaries, after its alliance with the BJP collapsed over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post.
According to the power-sharing formula decided by the three MVA allies, the Sena will get 15 ministerial berths, excluding the CM’s post, the NCP will also get 15 and the Congress 12.
The Shiv Sena has 56 MLAs, the NCP-54 and the Congress-44 in the 288-member House.
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