Prithviraj Chavan ministry explained

Cabinet Type:Ministry
Jurisdiction:Maharashtra
Flag Border:true
Date Formed:11 November 2010
Date Dissolved:26 September 2014
Government Head:Prithviraj Chavan
State Head:Governor Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (2010-14)
Governor Om Prakash Kohli
Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao (2014)
Members Number:40
Political Parties:Congress
NCP
Independents
Legislature Status:CoalitionMA
Opposition Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Shiv Sena
Opposition Leader:Eknath Khadse (Legislative Assembly)
Pandurang Fundkar (Legislative Council) (2010-11)
Vinod Tawde (Legislative Council) (2011-14)
Election:2009
Last Election:2014
Legislature Term:5 years
Previous:Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Successor:First Fadnavis ministry

Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 11 November 2010.[1] The following is his cabinet. The government consisted of Chavan's Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party.

The two parties had secured a majority of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly seats in the 2009 election, and a government under Congress' Ashok Chavan (No relation to Prithviraj Chavan) was formed.[2] However, following graft allegation related to Adarsh Housing Society scam, Chavan resigned as the Chief Minister in November 2010.[3] Subsequently, Prithviraj Chavan, then a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was chosen by the Congress to lead the Maharashtra government. He was sworn in on 11 November 2010, and subsequently, formed his only cabinet till date. The reasons cited for Chavan's appointment included his relatively corruption-free "clean image" and his lack of allegiance to any of the state's intra-party factions.[4] [5] [6]

Chavan made some changes in his predecessor's cabinet, by including some new ministers and reshuffling portfolios.[7] He also replaced Ashok Chavan's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal[8] with Ajit Pawar, who has since served as deputy to two more Chief Ministers.

The Chavan ministry served until its defeat in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election by the BJP and Shiv Sena.

Council of Ministers

Prithviraj Chavan had never been a member of the state's Legislative Assembly. He had previously represented Karad in the Indian parliament's lower house from 1991 to 1999, and had been appointed to the upper house in 2002. A computer scientist by profession, Chavan had served as junior minister in the ministries of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Parliamentary Affairs and as Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office. On his appointment as the Chief Minister, Chavan was elected to the State's upper house, the Legislative Council in April 2011.[9]

Chavan appointed coalition partner NCP's Ajit Pawar as his Deputy Chief Minister.[10] Pawar has since intermittently served as Deputy Chief Minister under both the state's next two Chief Ministers - Devendra Fadnavis (2019), and Uddhav Thackeray (Since 2019).

The cabinet consisted of 40 members, 20 each from the two coalition parties. The parties occasionally included independent members, utilizing their ministerial quotas.

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.NameConstituencyPortfolioPartyTerm of office
Took officeLeft officeDuration
01
Prithviraj Chavan
Maharashtra Legislative Council

Other departments not allocated to any Minister.

INC11 November 201026 September 2014
02
Ajit Pawar
Baramati NCP11 November 201025 September 2012
7 December 201226 September 2014
03
R. R. Patil
Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal 11 November 201026 September 2014
04Balasaheb ThoratSangamner INC11 November 201026 September 2014
05
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Shirdi 11 November 201026 September 2014
06
Narayan Rane
Maharashtra Legislative Council 11 November 201026 September 2014
07
Sunil Tatkare
Shrivardhan NCP11 November 201026 September 2014
08
Jayant Patil
Islampur 11 November 201026 September 2014
09Hasan MushrifMLA 11 November 201026 September 2014
09
Chhagan Bhujbal
Yevla 11 November 201026 September 2014
16'Jaydutt KshirsagarBeed 11 November 201026 September 2014
10Patangrao KadamPalus-Kadegaon INC11 November 201026 September 2014
11
Rajendra Darda
Aurangabad East 11 November 201026 September 2014
12
Varsha Gaikwad
Dharavi 11 November 201026 September 2014
13Sanjay DeotaleMaharashtra Legislative Council 11 November 201026 September 2014
14Suresh ShettyAndheri East 11 November 201026 September 2014
15
Naseem Khan (politician)
Paranda 11 November 201026 September 2014
17Madhukarrao ChavanTuljapur

(11 November 2010 - 07 June 2014)

(07 June 2014 – 26 September 2014)

11 November 201026 September 2014
18Harshvardhan PatilIndapur 11 November 201026 September 2014
19Abdul SattarSillod 7 June 201426 September 2014
20Vijaykumar GavitNandurbar NCP11 November 201019 March 2014
21Jitendra AwhadMumbra-Kalwa 29 May 201426 September 2014
22Ramraje Naik NimbalkarMaharashtra Legislative Council 11 November 20107 June 2013
22Shashikant ShindeKoregaon 11 June 201326 September 2014
24Babanrao PachputeShrigonda 11 November 20107 June 2013
25Madhukar PichadMaharashtra Vidhan Sabha 11 June 201326 September 2014
26Laxman DhobaleMaharashtra Vidhan Sabha 11 November 20107 June 2013
27Dilip Gangadhar SopalBarshi IND11 June 201326 September 2014

Ministers of state

PortfolioMinister of statePartyFromTo
Urban DevelopmentUday SamantNCP11 June 201326 September 2014
TourismAmit DeshmukhINC2 June 201426 September 2014
  • Forests
  • Ports, Khar Lands
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Sports & Youth Welfare
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare and Law & Judiciary
Bhaskar JadhavNCP11 June 201326 September 2014
  • Revenue
  • Rehabilitation and Relief Work
  • Earthquake Rehabilitation, Co-operation
  • Marketing and Textiles
Shri Prakash SolankeNCP11 June 201326 September 2014
  • Housing
  • Slum Improvement
  • House Repairs and Re-Construction
  • Urban Land Ceiling, Industries, Mines
  • Social Justice
  • De-addiction Activities & Environment, and Welfare of Nomadic De-notified Tribes and other Backward Classes
Sachin AhirNCP11 June 201326 September 2014
  • General Administration
  • Information & Public Relations, Cultural Affairs
  • Protocol
  • School Education
  • Women & Child Development
  • Public Health & Family Welfare
  • Minorities Development (Including Aukaf)
Fouzia KhanNCP11 June 201326 September 2014
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Dairy Development
  • Fisheries
  • Water Conservation
  • Employment Guarantee Scheme
  • Employment & Self-Employment
  • Transport
Gulabrao B. DevkarNCP11 June 201326 September 2014

By Departments

An alphabetical list of all the departments of Maharashtra Government with terms : Cabinet Ministers

Guardian Ministers

Sr No.DistrictGuardian_Minister
01.AmaravatiAjit Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party
02.Yavatmal
03.Pune
04.AhmednagarBalasaheb ThoratIndian National Congress
05.Buldhana
06.Nagpur
07.BeedR. R. PatilNationalist Congress Party
08.Gadchiroli
09.Mumbai City
10.BhandaraJitendra Awhad
11.Chandrapur
12.KolhapurRadhakrishna Vikhe PatilIndian National Congress
13.Palghar
14.RaigadSunil TatkareNationalist Congress Party
15.Ratnagiri
16.AkolaJayant PatilNationalist Congress Party
17.Sangli
18.AurangabadRajendra DardaIndian National Congress
19.Hingoli
20.DhuleShashikant ShindeIndian National Congress
21.Gondiya
22.JalgaonVijaykumar GavitNationalist Congress Party
23.JalnaPatangrao KadamIndian National Congress
24.Osmanabad
25.LaturHarshvardhan PatilIndian National Congress
26.Mumbai SuburbanNaseem Khan (politician)Indian National Congress
27.NandedMadhukarrao ChavanNationalist Congress Party
28.NandurbarMadhukar PichadNationalist Congress Party
29.NashikChhagan BhujbalNationalist Congress Party
30.ParbhaniSanjay DeotaleIndian National Congress
31.SataraSuresh ShettyIndian National Congress
32.SolapurDilip Gangadhar SopalNationalist Congress Party
33.ThaneVarsha GaikwadIndian National Congress
34.WashimVarsha Gaikwad
35.WardhaSachin AhirNationalist Congress Party
36.SindhudurgNarayan RaneIndian National Congress

Ministers by Party

Party!Cabinet Ministers!Minister of State!Total no.of Ministers
Indian National Congress14115
Nationalist Congress Party13114
Independent2-2

Notes and References

  1. News: Prithviraj Chavan sworn in Maharashtra Chief Minister . . 11 November 2010 . 5 April 2021.
  2. News: Second-time lucky Chavan to be Maharashtra chief minister . . 25 October 2009 . 7 April 2021.
  3. News: Meena Menon . Chavan quits; party leaves choice of successor to Sonia . . 9 November 2010 . 7 April 2021.
  4. News: Clean yet invisible: Prithviraj Chavan quits as CM, did anyone notice?. Firstpost. 27 September 2014. 29 September 2014.
  5. News: Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan's rivals get key posts for Assembly polls. India Today. 16 August 2014. 29 September 2014.
  6. News: Right man in the wrong polity. Tehelka. 28 April 2012. 29 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113537/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=Ne280412Coverstory.asp. 6 October 2014. dead.
  7. News: Dharmendra Jore and Ketaki Ghoge . Rane in cabinet, but loses revenue . . 20 November 2010 . 5 April 2021.
  8. News: Bhujbal to be M'rashtra Dy CM . . 26 October 2009 . 7 April 2021.
  9. News: Prithviraj Chavan resigns from Rajya Sabha . . 7 May 2011 . 7 April 2021.
  10. News: Shubhangi Khapre . Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets finance, Narayan Rane loses revenue . . 20 November 2010 . 5 April 2021.