Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said his Republican Party of India (A) must be given a ministerial berth in the Maharashtra government as it will help bring voters to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Speaking to a news channel, Athawale said the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Ajit Pawar has nine ministers (who joined on July 2 this year), while his party had none despite being with the BJP since 2012.