Sena ministers will get rotational terms: Shinde

Maharashtra's ruling coalition expanded its cabinet on Sunday with 39 new ministers, but suspense continued over the all-important portfolio allocation with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying allocations will be made over the next two-to-three days, while his ally and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde announced 2-5-year term limits for ministers from his party.

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Sunday's swearing-in, carried out a day before the new assembly is scheduled to convene, had 19 MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 11 from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and nine from Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party faction taking oath of office at the Raj Bhavan.

"We have decided on the portfolio allocation and it will be announced in two to three days. Our administration will focus on swift development," said Fadnavis.

Eighteen ministers are firsttimers - seven from the BJP, five from the Shiv Sena and six from the NCP. This has sparked discontent among senior Mahayuti leaders from the previous government. To address this, the parties have decided to rotate ministers, people aware of the matter said, though only one party's leaders confirmed it.