Maharashtra cabinet expansion LIVE: BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule takes oath as Minister

Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Rathod takes oath as minister in Fadnavis Cabinet.

Sena MLA Dada Bhuse takes oath as minister.

BJP MLA Ganesh Naik takes oath as Minister. 

Shiv Sena's Gulabrao Patil sworn-in as Maharashtra Minister in Fadnavis Cabinet. 

Girish Mahajan takes oath as Minister in Fadnavis Cabinet.

BJP's Chandrakant Patil sworn-in as Minister in Maharashtra Cabinet.

NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif takes oath as Minister. 

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil  takes oath as Minister.

Chandrashekhar Bawankule takes oath as Minister.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari arrive at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur, where the swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers of Maharashtra Government will take place.

Visuals from Raj Bhavan in Nagpur, where the swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers of Maharashtra Government will take place.

Chandrashekhar Bawankule offers prayers at Jagdamba temple ahead of oath ceremony. 

 The stage is set for the first Maharashtra cabinet expansion amid a tussle over portfolio allocation among Mahayuti constituents - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), National Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena. The BJP may induct a few fresh faces in the cabinet, the sources said. The new ministers will take oath at around 4 pm in Nagpur. For the second time after 1991, the swearing-in ceremony of ministers is being organized in Nagpur. Maharashtra governor CP Radhakrishnan will administer the oath to the new ministers at the Raj Bhavan. READ

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari welcomed Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur.

Maharashtra DCM Eknath Shinde arrives in Nagpur ahead of the state cabinet expansion.

Shiv Sena MLAs who will later take oath as minister of the state cabinet met Eknath Shinde at his residence. Shiv Sena MLA Shambhuraj Desai said that they will follow the directions of Shinde.

Ahead of the state cabinet expansion, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaivs on Sunday paid floral tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar in Nagpur. He held a roadshow in the city for the first time after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti swept the 2024 assembly elections.

Maharashtra: Ahead of state cabinet expansion, BJP leader Jaykumar Rawal said, "State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule called me this morning and I express gratitude to the top leadership of BJP (for choosing me as a state cabinet minister)..."

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held a roadshow ahead of oath in Nagpur.

These NCP MLAs received calls for ministerial posts: 

• Aditi Tatkare
• Babasaheb Patil
• Hasan Mushrif
• Dattatreya Bharne
• Makarand Patil
• Narhari Jhirwal
• Dhananjay Munde

These Shiv Sena's leaders receive call for the oath- 

• Uday Samant
• Pratap Sarnaik
• Shambhuraj Desai
• yoga steps
• Ashish Jaiswal
• Bharat Gogavale
• Prakash Abitkar
• grandfather husk
• Gulabrao Patil
• Sanjay Rathod
• Sanjay Shirsat

According to the sources, 19 BJP leaders have receive calls for the oath as minister in the Mahayuti government. Here are the names -

• Chandrashekhar Bawankule
• Nitesh Rane
• Shivendraraje Bhosale
• Chandrakant Patil
• Pankaj Bhoyar
• Mangal Prabhat Lodha
• Girish Mahajan
• Jaikumar Rawal
• Pankaja Munde
• Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
• Ganesh Naik
• Meghna Bordikar
• Madhuri Misal
• Atul Save
• Ashok Uike
• Jaikumar More
• Sanjay Savkare
• 19. Ashish Shelar

The BJP is expected to cede the Housing Ministry to the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra following the likely cabinet expansion in the state, the sources said.

The stage is set for the first Maharashtra cabinet expansion amid a tussle over portfolio allocation among Mahayuti constituents - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), National Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena.