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Nearly two weeks after nine NCP leaders, including Ajit Pawar, were sworn in as ministers in the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday announced the expansion of his Cabinet..
Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP leaders-- Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and Dharmarao Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode and Anil Patil-- took oath as ministers at a ceremony in Raj Bhawan on July 2. They have now been allotted respective departments as Eknath Shinde rejigged the portfolios in his Cabinet...
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which formed the government in Maharashtra after joining hands with Eknath shindes Shiv Sena in June last year, gave up several key portfolios in hard bargain with Ajit Pawars NCP..
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