Prithviraj Chavan ministry

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

Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Prithviraj Chavan, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Date formed11 November 2010
Date dissolved26 September 2014
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (2010-14)
Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao (2014)
Head of governmentPrithviraj Chavan
No. of ministers40
Member partiesCongress
NCP
Independents
Status in legislatureCoalition

MA

  •   INC (82)
  •   NCP (62)
  •   OTH (31)
175 / 288 (61%)
Opposition partyBharatiya Janata Party
Shiv Sena
Opposition leaderEknath Khadse (Legislative Assembly)
Pandurang Fundkar (Legislative Council) (2010-11)
Vinod Tawde (Legislative Council) (2011-14)
History
Election(s)2009
Outgoing election2014
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorSecond Ashok Chavan ministry
SuccessorFirst Fadnavis ministry

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

  Indian National Congress (49%)
  Nationalist Congress Party (46%)
  Independent (5%)

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 November 11, 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.

List 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.[10] The parties occasionally included independent members, utilizing their ministerial quotas.

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chief Minister
Urban Development
Protocol
Higher and Technical Education Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.		11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Deputy Chief Minister
Finance
Planning
Energy		11 November 201025 September 2012[11][12] NCP
Vacant
25 September 20127 December 2012 Independent
Ajit Pawar
7 December 2012[13]26 September 2014 NCP
Home Affairs, Ex. Servicemen Welfare11 November 201026 September 2014 NCP
Revenue, Vimukta Jati11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration & Marathi Language, Other Backward Classes		11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Industries, Co-operation, Mining Department11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Water Resources
Command Area Development, Earthquake Rehabilitation		11 November 201026 September 2014 NCP
Rural Development
Labour, Ports Development		11 November 201026 September 2014 NCP
Public Works Department
Tourism		11 November 201026 September 2014 NCP
Forests , Social Justice and Special Assistance, Socially And Educationally Backward Classes11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
School Education
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship		11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Women and Child Development11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Environment
Cultural Affairs
Sanjay Deotale
11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Public Health
Family Welfare		11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Textiles
Minority Development, Marketing		11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Housing & Disaster Management Relief & Rehabilitation11 November 201026 September 2014 INC
Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, and Dairy Development11 November 20107 June 2014[14] INC
7 June 2014[14]26 September 2014 INC
Transport, Majority Welfare Development7 June 2014[14]26 September 2014 INC
Medical Education
Horticulture, Employment Guarantee		11 November 201019 March 2014[15] NCP
29 May 2014[14]26 September 2014 NCP
Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development), Soil and Water Conservation11 November 20107 June 2013[16] NCP
11 June 201326 September 2014 NCP
Tribal Development, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Bahujan Welfare11 November 20107 June 2013[16] NCP
Madhukar Pichad
11 June 201326 September 2014 NCP
Water Supply & Sanitation
Laxman Dhobale
11 November 20107 June 2013[16] NCP
11 June 201326 September 2014 Independent

References: [7][10]

Ministers of state
Portfolio Minister of state Party From To
Urban Development Uday Samant NCP 11 June 2013 26 September 2014
Tourism Amit Deshmukh INC 2 June 2014 26 September 2014
  • Forests
  • Ports, Khar Lands
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Sports & Youth Welfare
  • Ex-Servicemen Welfare and Law & Judiciary
 Bhaskar Jadhav NCP 11 June 2013 26 September 2014
  • Revenue
  • Rehabilitation and Relief Work
  • Earthquake Rehabilitation, Co-operation
  • Marketing and Textiles
 Shri Prakash Solanke NCP 11 June 2013 26 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 Ahir NCP 11 June 2013 26 September 2014
  • General Administration
  • Information & Public Relations, Cultural Affairs
  • Protocol
  • School Education
  • Women & Child Development
  • Public Health & Family Welfare
  • Minorities Development (Including Aukaf)
 Fouzia Khan NCP 11 June 2013 26 September 2014
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Dairy Development
  • Fisheries
  • Water Conservation
  • Employment Guarantee Scheme
  • Employment & Self-Employment
  • Transport
 Gulabrao B. Devkar NCP 11 June 2013 26 September 2014

Ministers by Party
Party Cabinet Ministers Minister of State Total no.of Ministers
Indian National Congress 14 1 15
Nationalist Congress Party 13 1 14
Independent 2 - 2

References
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  2. "Second-time lucky Chavan to be Maharashtra chief minister". India Today. October 25, 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. Meena Menon (November 9, 2010). "Chavan quits; party leaves choice of successor to Sonia". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. "Clean yet invisible: Prithviraj Chavan quits as CM, did anyone notice?". Firstpost. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. "Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan's rivals get key posts for Assembly polls". India Today. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. "Right man in the wrong polity". Tehelka. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. Dharmendra Jore and Ketaki Ghoge (November 20, 2010). "Rane in cabinet, but loses revenue". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. "Bhujbal to be M'rashtra Dy CM". India Today. October 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. "Prithviraj Chavan resigns from Rajya Sabha". The Hindustan Times. May 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  10. Shubhangi Khapre (November 20, 2010). "Maharashtra portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets finance, Narayan Rane loses revenue". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. "Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar quits over scam allegations". The Hindu Business Line. September 25, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  12. Abhay Vaidya (September 25, 2012). "Ajit Pawar resigns: The fall of Baramati's golden boy". Firstpost. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  13. "Ajit Pawar sworn-in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister". The Economic Times. December 7, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  14. "Maharashtra CM Chavan allocates portfolios to three ministers". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  15. Amit Chaturvedi (March 19, 2014). "NCP minister Vijaykumar Gavit dropped from Maharashtra cabinet after daughter joins BJP". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  16. "Four NCP MLAs, Independent join Maharashtra cabinet". India Today. June 11, 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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