Oath-Taking Ceremony Held at Raj Bhavan (Nagpur)
Nagpur, Maharashtra – The expansion of the cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was held at the Raj Bhavan. A total of 39 ministers took their oath of office, which included 19 from the BJP, 11 from Shiv Sena, and 9 from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The ceremony began with the swearing-in of BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule. On this occasion, Governor Ramesh Bais, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde were present.
Among those sworn in were BJP leaders Chandrakant Patil, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Girish Mahajan, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Pankaja Munde-Palve, Ganesh Naik, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ashish Shelar, Atul Save, Sanjay Savkare, Ashok Uike, Akash Fundkar, Madhuri Misal, Jaykumar Gore, Meghna Bordikar, Pankaj Bhoyar, Shivendraraje Bhosale, and Nitesh Rane.
🎉 Big News from Maharashtra! 🎉
39 new ministers join Devendra Fadnavis’ cabinet. 🔄
🔹 BJP: 19 ministers
🔹 NCP: 9 ministers
🔹 Shiv Sena: 11 ministers
🚩 Big moment in Nagpur!
Several Mahayuti MLAs proudly chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ after taking their oath 🚩
Nitesh Rane… pic.twitter.com/pNSGn6C1ck
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From Shiv Sena, Dada Bhuse, Gulabrao Patil, Sanjay Rathod, Uday Samant, Shambhuraj Desai, Pratap Sarnaik, Yogesh Kadam, Ashish Jaiswal, Bharat Gogawale, Prakash Abitkar, and Sanjay Shirsat took their oaths.
From the NCP, Hasan Mushrif, Aditi Tatkare, Dhananjay Munde, Dattatray Bharane, Babasaheb Patil, Narhari Zirwal, Makarand Patil, Indranil Naik, and Manikrao Kokate were sworn in as ministers.
Highlights
1. Senior BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha took his oath of office in Sanskrit.
2. Bharat Gogawale took his oath by remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.