The ruling Congress-NCP government of Maharashtra was on Monday expanded with the induction of two legislators as ministers barely four months before the state assembly elections.

Latur legislator Amit Deshmukh, son of former chief minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh, and Sillod (Jalna) legislator Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor K. Sankaranarayanan.