Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday appointed guardian ministers for all districts, with Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray being given the responsibility of Mumbai Suburban District, and Textile Minister Aslam Shaikh of Mumbai City.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be Pune’s guardian minister, and Energy Minister Nitin Raut of Nagpur. Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, Irrigation Minister Jayant Patil and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat will be guardian ministers of Thane, Sangli and Kolhapur districts respectively. The others are as follows:
Aditi Tatkare - Raigad
Anil Parab - Ratnagiri
Uday Samant - Sindhudurg
Dada Bhuse - Palghar
Chhagan Bhujbal - Nashik
Abdul Sattar - Dhule
K.C. Padavi - Nandurbar
Gulabrao Patil - Jalgaon
Hasan Mushrif - Ahmednagar
Balasaheb Patil - Satara
Subhash Desai - Aurangabad
Rajesh Tope - Jalna
Nawab Malik - Parbhani
Varsha Gaikwad - Hingoli
Dhananjay Munde - Beed
Ashok Chavan - Nanded
Shankarrao Gadakh - Osmanabad
Amit Deshmukh - Latur
Yashomati Thakur - Amravati
Bachchu Kadu - Akola
Shambhuraje Desai - Washim
Rajendra Shingne - Buldhana
Sanjay Rathod - Yavatmal
Sunil Kedar - Wardha
Satej Patil - Bhandara
Anil Deshmukh - Gondia
Vijay Vadettiwar - Chandrapur
Eknath Shinde - Gadchiroli