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Updated January 27th, 2020 at 13:16 IST

Maharashtra cabinet chosen on merit, Sharad Pawar? This list of 19 dynasts says otherwise

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday stated that many ministers in the state government did not belong to political families and were selected purely on merit.

Reported by: Akhil Oka
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Speaking at the ‘Thane festival’ organised by Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad on January 26, NCP chief Sharad Pawar stated that many ministers in the state government did not belong to political families. On this occasion, he felicitated Awhad who is a first-generation politician having consistently won the Assembly election from the Mumbra-Kalwa constituency. Sharad Pawar stressed that the ministers had been selected “purely on merit”.  

Read: CM Uddhav Thackeray And Aaditya Headline BMC Groundbreaking Ceremony; Congress-NCP Absent

Ironically, Pawar’s assertion about merit comes at a juncture when 19 out of the 43 ministers in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government belong to political families. While Congress tops the list with 8 out of 12 ministers being dynasts, NCP is not too far behind with 6 ministers having a political background including Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who is the nephew of the NCP chief. On the other hand, only three of Shiv Sena’s 15 ministers are dynasts. However, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya themselves belong to the clan of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.  

Read: Setback For Uddhav? 9,000 Villages Slam Pitch To Scrap Fadnavis-era direct Election Model

Here is the full list of dynasts in the Maharashtra cabinet: 

MinisterPartyRelation
Uddhav Thackeray (CM)Shiv SenaSon of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray
Ajit Pawar (Deputy CM)NCPNephew of party chief Sharad Pawar
Ashok ChavanCongressSon of former CM Shankarrao Chavan
Amit DeshmukhCongressSon of former CM Vilasrao Deshmukh
Shambhuraje DesaiShiv SenaGrandson of former Home Minister Balasaheb Desai
Shankarrao GadakhKSPSon of veteran Congress leader Yashwantrao Gadakh
Aaditya ThackerayShiv SenaSon of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
Yashomati ThakurCongressDaughter of former MLA Bhayyasaheb Thakur
Sunil KedarCongressSon of former Minister Chhatrapal Kedar
Varsha GaikwadCongressDaughter of former MP Eknath Gaikwad
Vishwajeet KadamCongressSon of former Minister Patangrao Kadam
Satej PatilCongressSon of former Congress leader DY Patil
Balasaheb ThoratCongressSon of former MLA Bhausaheb Thorat
Dhananjay MundeNCPNephew of former Union Minister Gopinath Munde
Rajesh TopeNCPSon of former MP Ankush Tope
Jayant PatilNCPSon of former Minister Rajaram Patil
Aditi TatkareNCPDaughter of former MP Sunil Tatkare
Balasaheb PatilNCPSon of former MLA Pandurang Patil
Prajakt TanpureNCPSon of former MP Prasad Tanpure

Read: Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray Tears Into BJP, MNS, Says 'Sena Has Not Forsaken Hindutva'

Read: Setback For Uddhav? 9,000 Villages Slam Pitch To Scrap Fadnavis-era direct Election Model

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Published January 27th, 2020 at 13:16 IST

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