From Khadse to Pankaja: Here's a look at Fadnavis' Cabinet
The senior most among them is Eknath Khadse (born in 1952), Leader of Opposition in the outgoing 12th State Assembly. A prominent leader from Jalgaon district in North Maharashtra, he was Finance Minister during the Shiv Sena-BJP regime in 1995-99.
Sudhir Mungantiwar (born 1962) is a former president of Maharashtra BJP and a close associate of Union minister Nitin Gadkari. He was a minister for some time during the Shiv Sena-BJP regime in 1995-99. He hails from Chandrapur district in Vidarbha.
Vinod
Tawde
(born
1963),
who
was
effective
as
leader
of
Opposition
in
the
Legislative
Council,
hails
from
Sindhdurg
district
in
coastal
Konkan
region
and
is
an
electronics
engineering
graduate.
Till
two
days
ago,
Chandrakant
Patil,
an
MLC
from
Pune
graduates
seat,
was
tipped
to
succeed
Fadnavis
as
the
next
state
BJP
chief.
Hailing
from
Kolhapur
district
in
western
Maharashtra,
he
has
deep
roots
in
RSS
and
often
acts
as
a
bridge
between
the
Sangh
Parivar
and
the
state
party
organisation.
Pankaja Munde (born 1979) won her second term as MLA from Parli in Marathwada region. She was made a member of the state BJP core committee after the death of her father Gopinath Munde in a road accident in Delhi in June.
Vishnu Savara won from Vikramgadh constituency in Palghar district. He was a minister during the Sena-BJP government in the 90s.
Prakash Mehta represents Ghatkopar East constituency in Mumbai. He is a former Mumbai BJP president. He was a minister during the Sena-BJP government in the 90s.
Among the ministers of state who took oath today was also Dilip Kamble, who won the October 15 poll from Pune Cantonment defeating sitting MLA Ramesh Bagve, a former minister, by over 14,000 votes.
Vidya Thakur is former deputy mayor of Mumbai. She defeated Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai from Goregaon Assembly constituency in the recently held assembly polls.
(PTI)