When will the Shiv Sena stop getting the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in the BJP-led Union Cabinet? The question has been doing the rounds ever since Sena MP Arvind Sawant was given the portfolio on Friday.

The nondescript ministry has remained with the Sena, albeit without its full approval, in past NDA governments too. Anant Geete, the heavy industries minister during Modi's first tenure, had initially refused to take charge. However, joining the office with much reluctance, Geete had said in 2014, "We were not annoyed but we wanted to have a portfolio that is better related to public".