12 Shiv Sena MLAs to be sworn in as ministers in Maharashtra cabinet expansion today

Twelve Members of the Legislative Assembly MLAs from Shiv Sena are poised to take the oath as ministers in the expanded Maharashtra Cabinet todayAccording to ANI Shiv Sena MLA Bharatshet Gogawale confirmed that the ceremony will take place at 4 pm today He shared that seven of the twelve MLAs taking the oath will be new faces while five others will be returning to their ministerial rolesGogawale speaking to ANI stated The oathtaking ceremony will take place at 4 pm today All the selected individuals have come to Nagpur for this occasion Seven are new to the ministerial role while five are being reappointedBJP MLA Girish Mahajan who will also be part of the cabinet expansion said he had received a call from the state BJP Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule informing him of his selection as a minister Mahajan who will be taking the oath as a minister for the third time expressed his gratitude to the party for the opportunity stating I was called by State BJP Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule who informed me that I would be taking the oath at 4 pm today I will be serving as a minister for the third time and I am deeply grateful to the partyIn response to the cabinet expansion Shiv Sena MLA Yogesh Ramdas Kadam expressed his hopes of being appointed as a minister If I am allowed to serve as a minister I would be very grateful to Eknath Shinde As the youngest MLA in Shiv Sena I will be thankful for the opportunity to serve the people of Maharashtra and the Konkan region Kadam remarked He also noted that he would carry out any responsibilities assigned to him to the best of his ability The official list will be presented to the Governor in the next hour or two Kadam addedBJP MLA Shivendra Raje Bhosale however revealed that he had not yet received a call from party leadership though he added that all party workers would comply with the decisions made by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis I have not received any phone call yet Lets see what happens Workers in the constituency have expectations but we will all abide by the decision of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Bhosale saidSimilarly Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant also shared that he had not received any communication yet However he conveyed that those selected by Eknath Shinde for ministerial roles would take on their responsibilities with dedication Those who will be given the responsibility will shoulder it well The official list will be made public shortly Samant notedThe cabinet expansion comes after more than two weeks since the swearingin ceremony of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his two deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar on December 5The delay in naming the cabinet had drawn criticism from opposition parties as the Mahayuti alliance despite securing an overwhelming majority had refrained from finalising the appointments The alliances performance in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 was a historic one with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled Mahayuti securing a landslide victory of 235 seats BJP emerged as the single largest party with 132 seats while Shiv Sena secured 57 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party garnered 41 seats according to ANI