Maha Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Arrives At NCP Chief Sharad Pawar's Residence In Mumbai

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is meeting NCP chief Sharad Pawar at his residence Silver Oak in Mumbai.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP chief Sharad Pawar

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday arrived at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence Silver Oak in Mumbai, news agency ANI reported. While the purpose of the meeting is yet to be confirmed, the meeting could be pertaining to Pawar senior's wife Pratibha Pawar who has been discharged from the hospital after surgery. 

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal expressed his concerns for Pratibha Pawar as she was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. "I pray for her speedy recovery and would urge party's activists to wish for her well-being," said Bhujbal, as quoted by ANI.

Notably, the suspense over the new Maharashtra cabinet ended today as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde allocated the finance department to his new Deputy Ajit Pawar. A total of three ministries from the Shiv Sena and six from the BJP were allocated to the new ministers who took oath along with Ajit Pawar on July 2. 

While Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena had to give up the Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, and Food and Drug Administration ministries, Devendra Fadnavis's BJP had to let go of Finance, Cooperation, Medical Education, Food & Civil Supplies, Sports & Youth Welfare, and Women and Child Welfare departments.

Here's who took over which ministry from whom:

• Ajit Pawar has taken over the Department of Finance and Planning from Devendra Fadnavis.
  
  
• Chhagan Bhujbal will take over the Food & Civil Supplies department from Ravindra Chavan of BJP.
  
  
• Dilip Walse Patil will assume charge as the Cooperation Minister. He will take over from Atul Save of BJP.
  
  
• Hassan Mushrif will take charge as the Medical Education Minister from Girish Mahajan of the BJP.
  
  
• Dharmarao Atram has been allocated the Food & Medicine portfolio. He will take over from Sanjay Rathod of the Shiv Sena.
  
  
• Aditi Tatkare has got the Women and Child Development department. She will take over the charge of the department from Mangal Prabhat Lodha of the BJP.
  
  
• Sanjay Bansode has been allocated the Sports and Youth Welfare Ministry. He is going to take charge from Girish Mahajan of the BJP.
  
  
• Anil Patil will take over the Relief & Rehabilitation and the Disaster Management departments from Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena.
  
  
• Dhananjay Munde will take over the charge of the Agriculture Ministry from Abdul Sattar of the Shiv Sena.

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