Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has handed over portfolios of nine rebel ministers to other ministers. These nine ministers are camping in Guwahati as part of senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s rebel faction.
The portfolios of the rebel ministers were being handed over to other ministers for ease of administration, according to an official statement.
The portfolios of urban development and public works department, earlier with the rebel group leader Eknath Shinde, have been handed over to Subhash Desai now.
Rebel minister Gulabrao Patil has been stripped of the charges of water supply and sanitation. The portfolios have been handed over to Anil Parab.
The portfolios of agriculture and welfare of ex-servicemen, earlier with Dadaji Bhuse, and of employment guarantee and horticulture, held by Sandeepan Bhumare, are now with Shankar Gadakh.
The higher education and technical education portfolios held by Uday Sawant have been handed over to Aaditya Thackeray.
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Mr Thackeray has also cracked down on Ministers of State.
Three portfolios of Shambhuraj Desai have been distributed among Sanjay Bansode, Satej Patil and Vishwajit Kadam.
Four ministries with Rajendra Patil (Yadravkar) have been distributed among Vishwajeet Kadam, Prajakt Tanpure, Satej Patil and Aditi Tatkare.
Three portfolios with Abdul Sattar are now with Prajakt Tanpure, Satej Patil and Aditi Tatkare. Four charges with Omprakash Kudu were distributed among Aditi Tatkare, Satej Patil, Sanjay Bansode and Dattatray Bharne.
The portfolios of another MoS Omprakash Kadu (Bacchu Kadu), the Prahar Janshakti Party leader, were allocated to Tatkare (school education), Satej Patil (water resources), Sanjay Bansode (women and child development), and Dattatray Bharne (other backward class development).
In the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by the Sena, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had 10 Cabinet-rank ministers before the rebellion and four Ministers of State (MoS), including two from the Sena quota.
All the four MoS have joined the rebel camp in Assam’s Guwahati city.
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