New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday (June 27, 2022) handed over the portfolios of nine rebel ministers, who are currently camping in Guwahati with Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, to other ministers. For ease of administration, portfolios of rebel ministers are being handed over to other ministers, an official statement said.
“Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has decided to hand over the portfolios of five absent ministers and four ministers of state to other ministers to ensure smooth functioning of the public interest and smooth functioning of the department in case of heavy rains and calamities. ” A statement issued by the Public Relations Cell of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat said.
Shiv Sena now has four cabinet ministersincluding CM Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Parab, and Subhash Desai. Barring Aaditya Thackeray, the rest three are MLCs.
In the Shiv Sena-led tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had 10 cabinet-level ministers and four ministers of state (MoS) before the rebellion, two of whom were from the Shiv Sena quota.
Nine ministers of Maharashtra have joined it so far. rebel camp led by Eknath Shinde in Guhawati,
(with agency input)