Senior Nationalist Congress Occasion chief Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday night time stated he can be inducted into the Maharashtra cupboard headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday, marking his return to ministerial workplace after an extended hole.
“I’ve been knowledgeable that I can be inducted into the state cupboard. Oath ceremony will happen at 10 am on Tuesday,” he stated.
Sources within the BJP, which heads the ruling Mahayuti coalition, confirmed the event. The veteran politician can be sworn in by Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan.
Bhujbal (77), who has had a distinguished and eventful political profession spanning a number of many years, had been notably absent throughout Chief Minister Fadnavis’ cupboard enlargement in December final 12 months.
On the time, his exclusion from the cupboard had drawn public disappointment from the seasoned chief, a distinguished OBC face within the state.
His inclusion within the cupboard follows the resignation of Dhananjay Munde, a fellow NCP heavyweight who stepped down because the meals, civil provides and shopper safety minister in March.
Munde had resigned citing well being grounds, however his departure from the cupboard got here in opposition to the backdrop of his shut aide Walmik Karad being named as a key accused in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh homicide case.
Previously, Bhujbal, the MLA from Yeola in Nashik district, has served as a cupboard minister, together with as deputy CM, in several governments.
In keeping with sources, the choice relating to portfolio allocation to Bhujbal rests with the chief minister and can be introduced after the swearing-in ceremony.
The ruling Mahayuti coalition consists of the BJP, the Shiv Sena and the NCP led by deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
