The tug of war between the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance partners over the allocation of portfolios ended on Sunday, with Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar getting the coveted Finance Ministry while NCP leader Anil Deshmukh was handed the Home Ministry. First-time MLA and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's son Aaditya, who had widely vouched for a ban on single-use plastic and campaigns on climate change issues, will take charge of the Environment Ministry. The NCP camp, which has 14 ministers, has bagged most of the plum portfolios. "I have been given the portfolios of Tourism and Environment. We can strengthen the economy of Maharashtra with tourism. I will take charge of the office after tomorrow's meeting," Aaditya told news agency ANI. The portfolio allocation comes five days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expanded his Cabinet by inducting 36 ministers, taking his ministerial team to 43 —33 Cabinet and 10 state. With 44 MLAs, the Congress has got 12 ministerial berths, while Sena, with 56 MLAs, has 15 and NCP, with 54 MLAs, has 16. राज्य मंत्रिमंडळाचे #खातेवाटप जाहीर; मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी शिफारस केलेल्या मंत्रिमंडळाच्या खातेवाटपास राज्यपाल @BSKoshyari यांनी दिली मान्यता. pic.twitter.com/nzoFxi8aM2 — CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) January 5, 2020 Senior NCP leaders Nawab Malik, Chaggan Bhujbal, Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad were given the charge of minority, food, civil supply, irrigation and housing development respectively. Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan was handed the crucial Public Works Department while Balasaheb Thorat got the Revenue department. The blame of the already delayed portfolio allocation was shifted on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday with the Maha Vikas Agadi alleging that the process had stretched a day further. “The Governor’s office conveyed to the state government that Koshyari has retired for the night and the file could not be cleared on Saturday. The file will be put up before the Governor on Sunday,” a top source in the NCP said. Congress' Nitin Raut was allocated Energy ministry, whereas, Sena MLA Eknath Shinde was handed the Urban development ministry and NCP's Dhananjay Munde took charge of Social Justice ministry. A day after rumours regarding Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar's resignation erupted, he was appointed the Minister of State (MoS) for Revenue and Rural Development. The other MoS appointments included Satej Patil for Home (Urban), Transport; Shambhuraj Desai for Home (Rural), Finance; Dattatray Bharane for PWD; Sanjay Bansode for Environment among others. Here's the full list of ministers with allocated portfolios: Uddhav Thackeray, CM - General Administration Department, Law and Judiciary Ajit Pawar, Dy CM - Finance, Planning Cabinet Ministers Subhash Desai - Industry Ashok Chavan - Public Works Department Chhagan Bhujbal - Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection Dilip Walse Patil - Labour Jayant Patil - Irrigation Nawab Malik - Minority Anil Deshmukh - Home Balasaheb Thorat - Revenue Rajendra Shingane- Food and Drug Administration Rajesh Tope - Public Health Hasan Mushrif - Rural Development Nitin Raut - Energy Varsha Gaikwad - School Education Jitendra Awadh- Housing Eknath Shinde - Urban Development Sunil Kedar - Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Vijay Wadettiwar - OBC Amit Deshmukh - Medical Education Uday Samant - Higher and Technical Education Dada Bhuse - Agriculture Sanjay Rathod - Forest, Relief and Rehabilitation Gulabrao Patil - Water Supply and Sanitation KC Padvi- Tribal Development Sandipan Bhumare- Employment Guarantee Scheme Balasaheb Patil - Cooperation, Marketing Anil Parab - Transport, Parliamentary Affairs Aslam Shaikh - Textile, ports Yashomati Thakur - Women and Child Development Shankararo Gadakh - Water Conservation Dhananjay Munde - Social Justice Aaditya Thackeray - Environment, Tourism and Protocol Minister of State (MoS) Abdul Sattar - Revenue, Rural Development Satej Patil - Home (Urban), Transport Shambhuraj Desai- Home (Rural), Finance, Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu- Irrigation Dattatray Bharane - PWD Vishwjit Kadam - Cooperation, Agriculture Rajendra Patil- Public Health Sanjay Bansode- Environment Prajakt Tanpure - Urban Development Aditi Tatkare - Industry, Tourism
