New NCP ministers in Maharashtra cabinet

Five days after the Nationalist Congress Party ordered all its ministers to quit the Maharashtra cabinet, the party effected a reshuffle of its representatives on Tuesday.

Five days after the Nationalist Congress Party ordered all its ministers to quit the Maharashtra cabinet, the party effected a reshuffle of its representatives on Tuesday.

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Maharashtra NCP president Madhukar Pichad and three other party legislators were sworn in as new ministers in the state government as part of the cabinet reshuffle. Dilip Sopal, a former NCP leader, also took oath. He has earlier served as minister of state for law and judiciary.

The three new faces inducted into the cabinet are Sanjay Savkhare, Uday Samant and Shashikant Shinde. Pichad, Shinde and Sopal will be cabinet ministers while Savkhare and Samant will be ministers of state.

The new ministers come in place of Ramraje Nimbalkar (water resources- Krishna valley development), Babanrao Pachpute (tribal development), Laxman Dhobale (water supply), and minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav and minister of state for transport Gulabrao Devkar.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar last week sought and secured resignations of all party ministers in the state ministry.