Summary:
After reshuffling his cabinet, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis effected sweeping changes in his council of ministers, adding former Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil to the Cabinet, rewarding some members with more important portfolios while shunting aside others. It was believed that Shelar would replace Mehta as the housing minister. Water conservation minister Ram Shinde will be the minister for agriculture marketing and textiles, a portfolio which was held by co-operation minister Subhash Deshmukh. Suresh Khade, Anil Bonde and Dr Sanjay Kute, will be ministers for social justice, agriculture and labour respectively. Ashok Uike will replace Vishnu Savra as the tribal development minister..