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The chief minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of the executive branch of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly , the governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the chief minister.
The deputy chief minister of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the executive branch of the Government of Maharashtra and the second highest ranking minister of the Council of Ministers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
An officer on Special Duty is an officer in the Indian civil service of the status between a secretary and an undersecretary in the Government of India.. The practice dates back to the British colonial rule in India, and was explained to the Central Legislative Assembly by a government spokesman in 1931 as follows: [1]
On 4 February 2024, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled that Shinde's faction was the "real Shiv Sena" political party. This decision was a significant setback for the rival faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
The Government of Maharashtra is the executive governing authority of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the chief minister (currently Eknath Shinde since 30 June 2022) who selects all the other ministers.
He was Personal Assistant to Chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, in office from 2014 to 2019. [2] being one of leading officers on special duty (OSD), the personal assistant (PA) [3] [4] and a leading and well-known member of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) from Latur district.
The cabinet expansion was took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on 15 December 2024. Maharashtra can have a maximum of 43 ministers. 33 were inducted as Cabinet ministers, 6 were sworn in as ministers of state. 19 ministers from the BJP, 11 from the Shiv Sena and 9 from the NCP taken oath as cabinet ministers. [5] [6] Council portfolios are as follows
After the 2019 Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena broke its pre-poll alliance with BJP.Instead, it formed a government with NCP and Congress. [2] Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister, and Shinde was the public works and urban development minister.