Ravisheth Patil

Fisheries minister

Promoted from a minister of state to a Cabinet minister in the recent reshuffle.

Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil

Rural development minister

A powerful NCP leader from Solapur district, Vijaysingh has inherited the legacy of Shankarrao Mohite-Patil who ran an empire of cooperatives.

Nitin Raut

Minister of state for home

The only MoS in the panel, the Dalit leader has been appointed as a minister for the first time.

Ramdas Kadam

Leader of opposition in the

legislative assembly

A Shiv Sena leader from Khed in the Konkan region, he replaced Narayan Rane as the Opposition leader when Rane switched over to the Congress.

Pandurang Phundkar

Leader of the opposition in

the legislative council

Phundkar was the president of the state unit of the BJP from 2000 to 2004 and has served as a Lok Sabha MP for three terms.

Dr Shubha Raul

Mayor, BMC

This Sena leader has regularly spoken about security aspects adn demanded armed commandoes at civic headquarters and important civic establishments.

Smita Indulkar

Mayor of thane

Elected Mayor in 2007 after the Shiv Sena secured majority in the Municipal elections. Most of the city’s infrastructure projects commenced in her tenure, which is expected to end in mid-2009.

Ravi Kadam

Advocate-general of maharashtra

He is handling the state’s case in the controversy over the appointment of A N Roy as DGP, superseding three senior officers.

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