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In Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis took oath as CM, Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde as Deputy CM. With this, the fight for the CM’s chair between Fadnavis and Shinde ended, but the names of the cabinet and ministers have not been finalized. The picture is not clear on how many ministerial posts BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP will get and who will get which department. In such a situation, the game of checkmate is going on between the three constituents of the Mahayuti regarding the division of the cabinet and ministry departments.
Will NCP, BJP and Shiv Sena get the same departments that were divided in the Mahayuti in the cabinet led by Eknath Shinde that lasted for two and a half years in Maharashtra? Similarly, will the same faces be in the Fadnavis cabinet who were part of the Shinde cabinet? This is being said because all the faces included in the Shinde cabinet have been successful in becoming MLAs by winning the elections. However, if the role of the CM and Deputy CM changes after this election result, will the structure of the cabinet also change?
After taking oath as Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis while talking to journalists said that there is no dilemma regarding the cabinet expansion. The three constituent parties will decide together. There is no dispute in this. The cabinet will be expanded before the session begins in Nagpur. Apart from this, after the swearing-in of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena MLAs Bharat Gogavale and Sanjay Shirsat indicated that the cabinet will be expanded by next Wednesday. The winter session of the Assembly is starting from December 16 in Nagpur, due to which it is believed that the cabinet will be formed before that. The ongoing political battle for supremacy in Maharashtra regarding the CM and Deputy CM has stopped, but the conflict has not ended. Now a dispute can break out in the Mahayuti regarding the cabinet and portfolio. Eknath Shinde, who left the Chief Minister’s chair and is satisfied with the Deputy CM, is looking for a good share in the cabinet and a high profile ministry. Similarly, Ajit Pawar also wants to increase his political power by standing in support of Fadnavis from the very beginning. That is why Eknath Shinde has been showing his political attitude before the swearing-in.
Formula of power sharing in the cabinet
A formula for power sharing in Fadnavis’ cabinet was revealed, which said that there will be one ministerial post for every five MLAs. BJP has a total of 132 MLAs, due to which it can get 22 to 23 ministers. Similarly, Shiv Sena, which won 57 seats, can get 11 to 12 ministerial posts and NCP, which won 41 seats, can get 8 to 10 ministerial posts. However, the formula for distribution of ministers in the cabinet among the three parties of the Mahayuti has not been formally announced. In such a situation, Shinde and Pawar camp are making political moves so that they can increase their political power. If BJP is ready to play from the front foot under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis, then Shinde and Pawar are also no less.
Will Shinde’s ministers get a place in the Fadnavis team?
When the Mahayuti government was formed under the leadership of Eknath Shinde in the year 2022, Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Suresh Khade, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Ravindra Chavan, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Vijaykumar Gavit and Atul Save were ministers from the BJP quota. Similarly, Dada Bhuse, Sandipan Bhumare, Uday Samant, Tanaji Sawant, Abdul Sattar, Deepak Kesarkar, Gulabrao Patil, Sanjay Rathod and Shambhuraje Desai were ministers from Shinde’s Shiv Sena camp. Similarly, Dhananjay Munde, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Aditi Tatkare, Hasan Mushrif, Anil Patil, Dharmarao Atram and Sanjay Bansode were ministers from Ajit Pawar’s NCP quota. All these ministers have won the elections again, due to which questions have started arising whether all these leaders will be able to get a place in the Fadnavis cabinet as well?
Conflict in Mahayuti over portfolio
In Maharashtra, there may be a conflict between BJP, Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde faction and NCP of Ajit faction over portfolio. BJP, which won 132 seats, is now preparing to show its strength. BJP is not in the mood to give the Home Ministry and Finance Ministry to anyone. BJP wants to keep both these important departments with itself. In the Shinde-led government, the Home Ministry was with Devendra Fadnavis and the Finance Ministry was with Ajit Pawar. After BJP became the CM, the Shiv Sena camp is pleading that when BJP gave up the CM’s chair in 2022, the Home Ministry was given to them and now when Shinde has left the CM’s chair, a claim is being made on the Home Ministry.
Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is constantly demanding the Home Ministry. Shinde was not even ready to take oath as Deputy CM. But it is believed that he agreed to take oath only on the promise of Home Ministry. Shiv Sena MLAs are also continuously demanding Home Ministry. Similarly, NCP chief Ajit Pawar has his eyes on the Finance Ministry. Ajit Pawar has handled the Finance Ministry before as well. BJP is in the mood to maintain its hold on the treasury and law and order by keeping the Finance and Home Ministry.
Which department will go to whose account
Everyone’s eyes are on important departments like Home, Revenue, Urban Development, Irrigation and Social Justice in the Mahayuti government. There will be intense talks between the three parties before taking a final decision on the division of ministries. The final seal will be put after this too. BJP can keep important departments like Home, Revenue, Urban Development, Irrigation, Forest, Transport, Higher and Technical Education and Housing with itself. Apart from this, BJP can also claim departments like Culture, Tribal Development, General Administration, Law and Judiciary and Information Technology (IT).
NCP Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is in the pursuit of departments like Cooperation, Agriculture, Panchayati, Food and Civil Supplies, Ports, Relief and Rehabilitation, Irrigation, Social Justice and Women and Child Development along with the Finance Ministry. These are such departments which are directly related to the public and are from rural areas. NCP’s base is more in rural areas, due to which Ajit Pawar wants these ministries in his account.
Eknath Shinde, who has become Deputy CM from CM, wants the Home Ministry for himself, but at the same time, there is an effort to retain all his nine ministries. Shinde camp is eyeing the Industry and Urban Development Department. Apart from this, they are eyeing high profile ministries like Energy, Revenue, Irrigation and Public Works Department (PWD). For this, Shiv Sena’s argument is that when Shinde was the Chief Minister, BJP kept all these ministries with itself. So now that the CM is from BJP, Shiv Sena should get important departments in the same proportion. The way there was a 12-day struggle for the post of Chief Minister and Shinde remained adamant, seeing this, the rift within the Mahayuti for cabinet division may increase further.
