Cabinet Expansion

The Congress sought to downplay tensions within the Jharkhand coalition government as its national president, Mallikarjun Kharge, held what was labeled a 'courtesy call' with Chief Minister Champai Soren on Sunday.

The oath-taking ceremony, conducted by Governor Kalraj Mishra, convened at the Raj Bhavan in Jaipur. Prior to the event, Bhajan Lal Sharma sought approval from Mishra for the ceremony, which received the governor's consent for the 3.15 pm scheduled event.

Madhya Pradesh government’s cabinet expansion took place on Monday as 28 leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including prominent figures like Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang, and Prahlad Patel, were sworn in as ministers.
 

The cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation finally took place 12 days after the inclusion of nine Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs led by Ajit Pawar as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government. All nine NCP ministers have been assigned crucial portfolios.

Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: The political corridors of the state buzzed again after Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, mainly for the coveted Finance ministry. Speculations surfaced that Ajit Pawar may get the Finance portfolio which is currently held by BJP's Devendra Fadnavis.

Since March 2022, the Punjab government's 'anti-corruption action line' has received close to 8,000 complaints. CM Mann had also launched the helpline number that allows people to upload video/audio proof of officials asking for bribes or indulging in malpractices.

Karnataka has a sanctioned strength of 34 ministers including the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. On May 20, along with Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, another eight MLAs were administered the oath of office. 

On Friday, the Congress announced the names of 24 more ministers, taking the strength of the cabinet to 34, the maximum allowed under the law. Congress leaders HK Patil and Krishna Byregowda were sworn in as ministers in the Karnataka Cabinet expansion.

The Karnataka government can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar, were sworn in on May 20. According to the Chief Minister's office, the swearing-in will take place at 11:45 AM inside the Raj Bhavan.

A total of 7 MLAs including Dr Dhani Ram Shandil, Chander Kumar, Harshwardhan Chauhan, Jagat Singh Negi, Rohit Thakur, Anirudh Singh and Vikramaditya Singh took oath as Cabinet ministers.

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A total of 31 Bihar MLAs are likely to take oath as ministers, days after Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as the chief minister with Tejashwi Yadav as his deputy. As many as 30 members from Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD will be inducted into the Bihar Cabinet.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will expand his Cabinet on Tuesday, nearly a week after he ditched the BJP-led alliance and formed “Mahagathbandhan” government with the support of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress. The oath taking ceremony of new ministers will take place at 11:30 am in Raj Bhavan.

Five days after inducting 18 ministers to his cabinet, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde distributed portfolios on Sunday. Fadnavis will handle the Home and Finance and Planning, as per Chief Minister's Office (CMO) statement.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expanded his two-member cabinet on Tuesday, 41 days after taking the oath. Eighteen legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai. There is no woman on the list. However, three of the 18 ministers have been embroiled in controversies.