Shiv Sena itself has accepted that there is a tussle going on in this coalition government for the post of minister. Former Congress MP Yashwantrao Gadakh took a dig at the Maharashtra government and said that if the Congress and NCP ministers continue to obstruct such government's actions on issues like allocation of bungalows and departments, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is forced to resign Will have to.
The expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet included 36 ministers. However, the number of members of the Council of Ministers has now risen to 43 including the Chief Minister. According to the information received, the allocation of portfolios of ministers was finalized after the leaders of various parties met with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and all the issues were resolved. The Congress is unhappy over not getting any department related to rural areas like agriculture and cooperatives. The minister is not happy about the division of departments and bungalows in the cabinet.
About a dozen Shiv Sena MLAs are also angry over not getting the cabinet post. So many MLAs are also upset due to their low rank. Explain that a total of 14 ministers of Shiv Sena have been appointed, including Ramdas Kadam, Ravindra Vaikar, Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Rawate, Deepak Kesarkar, who have been ministers in the previous government, have also not got the opportunity this time.
Despite being in power for more than a month, the opposition BJP in Maharashtra has targeted the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government for delaying the allocation of departments. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in on 28 November along with two members each of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. Thereafter the cabinet was expanded on 30 December.
