Summary:
The much-awaited and delayed Maharashtra cabinet expansion will finally take place on Sunday, a day before the monsoon session of the state legislature gets underway. After holding a late night meeting with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made the expansion announcement in New Delhi on Saturday. The names of Shiv Sena legislators Rajendra Kshirsagar and Tanaji Sawant are also under consideration. Meanwhile, though the Sena had proposed youth leader Aaditya Thackeray be appointed deputy chief minister, it may not press for it to avoid internal bickering. Instead, the party will be content with the post of deputy chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council..