Summary:
Shuffling his pack before the Maharashtra Assembly elections due in September, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inducted 13 new faces into the council of ministers and dropped six incumbents. Former leader of opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, former NCP leader Jaydutt Kshirsagar, BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar, and senior BJP legislator Dr Sanjay Kute, were among the eight cabinet ministers sworn-in on Sunday. Other cabinet ministers include: Miraj MLA Suresh Khade, Dr Anil Bonde, Ashok Uike, Tanaji Sawant. However, it also sparked off disgruntlement within the Shiv Sena as both inductees, Kshirsagar and Sawant, are imports from other parties. At present, three of four Sena cabinet ministers are members of the upper house..