The BJP ministers are Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrakant Patil, Vijaykumar Gavit, Girish Mahajan, Suresh Khade, Ravindra Chavan, Atul Save and Mangalprabhat Lodha.

Reports said that the Eknath Shinde government has added 18 ministers to the state Cabinet.

The expansion of the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra cabinet began at Raj Bhawan yesterday in the presence of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, according to reports.

Reports said that the Eknath Shinde government has added 18 ministers to the state Cabinet.

The BJP ministers are Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrakant Patil, Vijaykumar Gavit, Girish Mahajan, Suresh Khade, Ravindra Chavan, Atul Save and Mangalprabhat Lodha.

While Shinde's Shiv Sena's faction includes, Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse, Sanjay Rathod, Sandipan Bhumre, Uday Samant, Tanaji Sawant, Abdul Sattar, Deepak Kesarkar and Shambhuraj Desai were sworn in as ministers.