As per the announced schedule, the winter session of the Maharashtra assembly is set to begin on Monday, December 16 in Nagpur, which is Maharashtra's winter capital. A last-minute shifting of the oath-taking event to Nagpur cannot be ruled out, sources said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated on Thursday that he held discussions about the cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda and party's National General Secretary BL Santhosh.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expanded his cabinet today inducting four new ministers to enhance governance and ensure balanced regional representation.
The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government expanded the cabinet on Thursday with the induction of eleven new ministers.
According to sources, the expansion is likely to be held at Raj Bhawan at around 5 PM. This will be the first expansion of the Yogi-2 Government.
His statement assumes significance when former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwaliah opposed the Old Pension Scheme
State BJP president, Suresh Kashyap, said that the Congress leaders made lots of promises to be implemented as soon as they come to power, but it is surprising that even their cabinet has still not been finalized.
This is the first Cabinet Cabinet expansion in the state since the AAP came to power in March this year. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at Raj Bhawan.
H. Dingo Singh, Letpao Haokip, Dr Sapam Ranjan Singh, Th Basanta Singh and L Susindro Meiteo from BJP and Khasim Vashum from the ally Naga People's Front (NPF) were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Manipur Governor La Ganesan.
The list of the new ministers was finalised on Friday night following the CM's meeting with the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
