Finance for Ajit Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray gets Tourism and Environment in Maharashtra cabinet expansion

The Uddhav Thackeray government on Sunday announced the portfolio allocation for the Maharashtra government, after over a month of coming to power.

Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP)s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been allocated the finance and planning portfolio and his party colleague Anil Deshmukh got a crucial home portfolio. While Aaditya Thackeray will handle tourism and environment.

Sena’s Eknath Shinde is incharge of Urban Development Ministry and the key revenue ministry to Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat.

The Maharashtra Governor today approved the list of portfolios to be given to the ministers of the new government.

Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has approved the allocation of portfolios as proposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray,” the Governor’s office tweeted.