Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said efforts are underway to placate party leaders who are upset over their exclusion from the state cabinet. Talking to reporters here, Samant admitted there may be some unhappiness among party legislators because of the denial of ministerial berths.
Thirty-nine legislators from Mahayuti allies, the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP, were sworn in the first cabinet expansion of the Devendra Fadnavis-led government on December 15. Ten ministers in the previous Mahayuti government were dropped, while 16 new faces were inducted into the cabinet.
While the BJP secured 19 ministerial berths, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party got 11 and 9 berths, respectively.
Samant said, “We work as a family under Eknath Shinde. There could be unhappiness if someone does not get a place in the cabinet. It is the responsibility of those who have become ministers to address the unhappiness. We are working on it…
