Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil News
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had resigned as MLA on June 4 and it was widely belived that CM Fadnavis would include him in his cabinet.
13 newly-inducted ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor CV Rao.
Vikhe Patil had quit as Leader of Opposition in March in the run-up to Lok Sabha election, days after his son Sujay Vikhe Patil joined the BJP.
However, Vikhe Patil, who had resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections, remained tight-lipped about his next political course.
The development comes after a section of leaders in Congress complaint against Patil of indulging in anti-party activities.
In a major embarrassment to the Congress, Oppn leader Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil's son Sujay joined BJP as he couldn't get a ticket to contest the poll from Ahmednagar.
Attacking the Maharashtra Government for reinstating bureaucrat Radheshyam Mopalwar, Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has said the probe conducted into the allegations against Mopalwar was a "farce".
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Monday said his government was ready to discuss the loan waiver scheme for farmers with opposition Congress-NCP leaders.
The Foundation known as Padma Bhushan Dr Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil will be launched on June 15 and has decided to adopt distressed farmer families from Ahmednagar district.
Senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil today said his party was ready for mid-term polls though he doesn't see the possibility of the state BJP government reducing to minority in the wake of the threat by estranged ally Shiv Sena to walk out of government.
The monsoon session of Maharashtra Legislature commenced today amid vociferous protests by opposition against the Devendra Fadnavis government on issues like corruption, Ahmednagar gagrape case and agrarian crisis.
In an apparent bid to counter the Opposition onslaught in the upcoming Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature, state ministers have begun their day-long tour of 29 talukas of drought affected Beed, Latur and Osmanabad districts.
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