MUMBAI: Nearly a fortnight after the Maharashtra ministry's oath ceremony, the Cabinet portfolios were announced on Saturday, with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister in the last government, bagging three ministries - Urban Development, Housing and Public Works - but not the Home portfolio, which he was reportedly keen on.
Ajit Pawar, the second Deputy Chief Minister, was assigned the key Finance Ministry portfolio.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis kept the crucial Home, Energy and Law Ministries.
The Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won over 230 of the state's 288 Assembly seats, while opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Congress, Uddhav Thackeray's Sena faction and Sharad Pawar's NCP faction could win only 46 seats.
Fadnavis and his deputies - Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar - were sworn in on December 5, and 39 ministers were inducted ahead of the Winter Session on December 15.
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