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Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion LIVE: BJP’s Nitesh Rane, Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik take oath as ministers
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion LIVE Updates: An oath-taking ceremony of 39 ministers took place today at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis paid floral tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar on Sunday.
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion LIVE Updates: The much awaited cabinet expansion of the BJP-led Maharashtra government is taking place on Sunday, December 15, with the new ministers taking the oath of office at a ceremony in Nagpur.
As many as 39 ministers from Mahayuti (BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP) took oath during the ceremony which began 4:00 pm. Taking BJP-led Mahayuti alliance strength to 42.
The swearing-in ceremony comes nearly 10 days after Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Chief Minister in Mumbai. On December 5, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and NCP chief Ajit Pawar took oath as deputies alongside CM Devendra Fadnavis.
The council of ministers in Maharashtra were administered oath by Governor P C Radhakrishnan.
The Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats in the state. The BJP led with 132 seats, followed by Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena with 57 and Ajit Pawar's NCP getting 41.
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MVA to boycott tea party ahead of legislature session
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi will boycott the tea party to be hosted by the Maharashtra government on the eve of the state legislature's winter session.
6:08 pm
Ceremony concludes with National Anthem.
6:05 pm
BJP's Meghana Bordikar, NCP's Indranil Naik, Shiv Sena's Yogesh Kadam sworn in as Maharashtra Cabinet ministers.
6:00 pm
BJP's Madhuri Misal, Akash Fundkar , Pankaj Bhoyar, Shiv Sena's Prakash Abitkar, Ashish Jaiswal and NCP's Babasaheb Patil sworn in as Maharashtra ministers of state.
5:54 pm
BJP' Nitesh Rane can be seen taking oath as Maharashtra Minister in the video given below.
5:47 pm
Shiv Sena's Sanjay Shirsat, Pratap Sarnaik, Bharat Gogawale and NCP's Makrand Jadhav-Patil sworn in as new Maharashtra ministers in Fadnavis Cabinet.
5:40 pm
BJP's Sanjay Savkare sworn-in as Maharashtra Cabinet Ministers.
5:35 pm
Manikrao Kokate, Narhari Zirwal, BJP's Shivendrasinh Bhosale and Jaykumar Gore sworn in as Maharashtra ministers.
5:32 pm
Manikrao Kokate takes oath as Maharashtra Minister.
5:29 pm
Manikrao Kokate sworn-in as Maharashtra Cabinet Minister.
5:26 pm
BJP's Ashish Shelar, NCP's Dattatray Vithoba Bharne, NCP's Aditi Sunil Tatkare and Shivendra Raje Bhosale took oath as minister in Maharashtra Cabinet.
5:20 pm
Sena MLA Shambhuraj Desai sworn-in as Cabinminister.
5:16 pm
Atul Save and Ashok Uike sworn in as Cabinet Ministers.
5:13 pm
Pankaja Munde sworn in as Cabinet Minister.
5:09 pm
Jaikumar Rawal takes oath as Minister in Fadnavis Cabinet, who handled the Ministry of Tourism and became a minister for the first time in 2016. He hails from a royal family.
5:07 pm
Sena MLA Uday Samant, who comes from the Maratha community, has been a minister in the Uddhav government since 2019. On Sunday, he took oath as Cabinet Minister.
5:04 pm
BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha takes oath as Maharashtra Minister, who was the Tourism Skill Development Minister in the previous government. He hails from Jodhpur and is one of the big Marwari leaders of BJP.
5:02 pm
Sena MLA Dada Bhuse, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Rathod and Dhananjay Munde sworn-in as Maharashtra Minister.
5:00 pm
Girish Mahajan, Shiv Sena's Gulabrao Patil and BJP MLA Ganesh Naik take oath as Minister in Fadnavis Cabinet.
4:56 pm
BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhepatil and NCP leader Hasan Mushrif take oath as Maharashtra minister.
4:53 pm
Chandrakant Patil sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the state government, at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur.
4:42 pm
State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule sworn-in as as Cabinet Minister in the state government, at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur.
4:40 pm
Oath taking ceremony begins following national anthem.
4:37 pm
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnaivis, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and NCP chief Ajit Pawar spotted seated at the event with other leaders, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
The video given below shows Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan arriving at the venue.
3:30 pm
While speaking at a press conference in Nagpur, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi decided to boycott the tea party to be hosted by the Maharashtra government on Sunday. The tea party will take place on the eve of the state legislature's winter session.
3:02 PM
Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde arrives in Nagpur ahead of the state cabinet expansion.
3:00 pm
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12 MLAs from Shiv Sena to take oath
Shiv Sena MLA Bharatshet Gogawale today said that the oath-taking ceremony will take place at 4 pm today. Twelve MLAs from his party including himself will take oath as ministers of which seven are new faces, he said.
"Oath ceremony will take place at 4 pm today. So, we have all come to Nagpur. Seven people are new (who will take oath as ministers) and 5 are being repeated," Gogawale told ANI.
Girish Mahajan to take oath
BJP MLA Girish Mahajan mentioned that he has been selected as minister. He was intimated about this through a call from the state BJP Chief.
"State BJP Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule called me and told me that I have to take oath (as Maharashtra Minister) at 4 pm. I will take oath as the minister for the third time. I express gratitude to the party," Mahajan told ANI.
Delighted, says Pankaja Munde ahead of oath taking
BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde said, “I am delighted that I am getting the opportunity to work in the team of CM Devendra Fadnavis once again. I express gratitude to PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda and...”
Fadnavis pays floral tribute
Earlier in the days, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaivs held a roadshow in Nagpur and paid floral tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar on Sunday.Devendra Fadnaivs' wife Amruta Fadnavis and Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule joined the roadshow.
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