Nawab Malik: 'Sharad Pawar met NCP Ministers to draw govt policy plans'

Maharashtra minority welfare minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik said that party supremo Sharad Pawar held a meeting with ministers to strategise on government policy and party's expansion. Addressing the media in Mumbai after the meeting, Malik said that newly appointed guardian ministers will undertake tours of their respective districts and begin their administrative work.

"A three-hour-long meeting was held of all NCP ministers with Sharad Pawar to discuss on various issues. Pawar Ji gave valuable inputs on matters of party's expansion, ministerial agenda and smooth functioning of the coalition government. Discussions were also held on how the newly appointed guardian ministers shall work for their districts and get along with alliance party workers," Malik said.

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Guardian Ministers both young and senior

The senior leader also stated that the positions of guardian ministers have been distributed among both young and veteran leaders so as to deliver better administration. "The guardian ministers shall soon visit their districts and take stock of the situation. They will be forming their organisation there and begin their duties," Malik said. 

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Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday made district-wise appointments of Guardian Ministers

1. Pune - Ajit Pawar
2. Mumbai City - Aslam Ali Shaykh
3. Mumbai Suburbs - Aaditya Thackeray
4. Thane - Eknath Shinde
5. Raigad - Aditi Tatkare
6. Ratnagiri - Anil Parab
7. Sindhudurg- Uday Samant
8. Palghar - Dadaji Bhuse
9. Nashik - Chhagan Bhujbal
10. Dhule - Abdul Sattar
11. Nandurbar - KC Padvi
12. Jalgaon - Gulabrao Patil
13. Ahmednagar - Hassan Mushrif
14. Satara - Shamrao Patil
15. Sangli - Jayant Patil
16. Solapur - Dilip Valase-Patil
17. Kolhapur - Balasaheb Thorat
18. Aurangabad - Subhash Desai
19. Jalna - Rajesh Tope
20. Parbhani - Nawab Malik
21. Hingoli - Varsha Gaikwad
22. Beed - Dhananjay Munde
23. Nanded - Ashok Chavan
24. Osmanabad - Shankarrao Gadakh
25. Latur - Amit Deshmukh
26. Amravati - Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur (Sonawane)
27. Akola - Omprakash alias Bachchu Babarao Kadu
28. Washim - Shambhuraj Desai
29. Buldhana - Rajendra Shinghe
30. Yavatmal - Sanjay Rathore
31. Nagpur - Nitin Raut
32. Wardha - Sunil Kedar
33. Bhandara - Satej Patil
34. Gondia - Anil Deshmukh
35. Chandrapur - Vijay Wadettiwar
36. Gadchiroli - Eknath Shinde

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