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Maharashtra Cabinet to expand on Dec 5, Shiv Sena to join govt
MUMBAI: The 33-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded on 5 December, amid indications of a "patch up" with former ally Shiv Sena. Some 20 ministers will take oath on December 5 at the Vidhan Bhawan premises in Mumbai at 10 am. Ten of those ministers are likely to be from the Shiv Sena, which had preferred to occupy the Opposition benches in the state assembly.
The ceremony will be held at Vidhan Bhawan premises at 10am. Fadnavis had met BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday and is believed to have got the nod for BJP probables in the expansion exercise. Among those in reckoning from BJP include senior legislators Girish Bapat (Pune) and Girish Mahajan (Jalgaon) and also Babanrao Lonikar and Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar, both from Marathwada.
On the list of probables who will take oath on Friday are
- Senior MLAs like Mangal Prabhat Lodha,
- Raj Purohit and Ashish Shelar from Mumbai,
- Girish Bapat from Pune,
- Girish Mahajan from Jalgaon,
- Babanrao Lonikar and Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar from Marathwada,
- Sanjay Kute and Chainsukh Sancheti from Buldhana,
- Seema Hire and Devyani Farande from Nashik,
- Jaykumar Rawal from Dhule,
- Govardhan Sharma from Akola,
- Madan Yerawar from Yeotmal.
src:timesofindia,yahoo