Second Ashok Chavan ministry
# Second Ashok Chavan ministry

The incumbent Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan led his Congress party and alliance partner NCP to an electoral majority in the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He subsequently formed his second cabinet. Chavan had been the Chief Minister since December 8, 2008, and would continue to serve until November 9, 2010, when he resigned at the backdrop of corruption allegations.

The cabinet consisted of 23 ministers, including Chavan and his Deputy, Chhagan Bhujbal.

## Council of Ministers

The following is the list of ministers in the cabinet:

### Cabinet Ministers

| Sr. No. | Name | Constituency | Portfolio | Party | Party | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sr. No. | Name | Constituency | Portfolio | Party | Party | Took office | Left office | Duration |
| 01 | Ashok Chavan Chief Minister | Bhokar | General Administration Information Technology Information and Public Relations Urban Development. Housing Cultural Affairs Protocol Other departments not allocated to any Minister. | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 02 | Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister | Yevla | Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Special Assistance | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 03 | Narayan Rane | Maharashtra Legislative Council | Revenue Earthquake Rehabilitation Khar land Development Relief and Rehabilitation | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 04 | R. R. Patil | Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal | Home Affairs | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 05 | Patangrao Kadam | Palus-Kadegaon | Forests Department State Border Defence (First) Majority Welfare Development | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 06 | Shivajirao Moghe | Arni | Social Justice Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Classes Special Backward Classes Welfare | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 07 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | Water Resources. Command Area Development. Energy | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 08 | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil | Shirdi | Law and Judiciary Transport. Ports Development Vimukta Jati | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 09 | Jayant Patil | Islampur | Rural Development. Environment and climate change. State Border Defence (Second) | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 10 | Harshvardhan Patil | Indapur | Parliamentary Affairs. Marketing | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 11 | Ganesh Naik | Belapur | State Excise | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 12 | Balasaheb Thorat | Sangamner | Agriculture Soil and Water Conservation School Education Marathi Language | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 13 | Nitin Raut | Nagpur North | Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 14 | Laxmanrao Dhobale | Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha | Water Supply Sanitation Disaster Management | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 15 | Anil Deshmukh | Katol | Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 16 | 'Jaydutt Kshirsagar | Beed | Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Other Backward Bahujan Welfare | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 17 | Manohar Naik | Pusad | Food and Drug Administration | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 18 | Vijaykumar Gavit | Nandurbar | Medical Education Horticulture Tourism. | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 19 | Sunil Tatkare | Shrivardhan | Finance Planning | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 20 | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | Maharashtra Legislative Council | Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Co-operation Labour | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 21 | Babanrao Pachpute | Shrigonda | Tribal Development | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 22 | Rajesh Tope | Ghansawangi | Higher Education and Technical Education | | NCP | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 23 | Rajendra Darda | Aurangabad East | Industries. Mining Department. Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Employment Guarantee | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 24 | Mohammad Naseem Khan | Paranda | Textiles Minority Development and Aukaf Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Ex. Servicemen Welfare | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 25 | Suresh Shetty | Andheri East | Public Health and Family Welfare Sports and Youth Welfare | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |
| 26 | Subhash Zanak | Risod | Woman and Child Development. | | INC | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days |

### Ministers of State

| Portfolio | Name | Term Start | Term End | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Rural Development, Horticulture, Water Supply and Sanitation | Ranjit Kamble | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and Addl. Charge of Finance, Planning & Energy. | Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| Urban Development, Forests, Ports, Khar Lands, Parliamentary Affairs, Sports & Youth Welfare and Ex-Servicemen's Welfare | Bhaskar Jadhav | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | NCP |
| Tribal Development, Labour and Command Area Development | Padmakar Vijaysingh Valvi | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| Revenue Rehabilitation and Relief Work, Earthquake Rehabilitation, Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles | Prakash Solande | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | NCP |
| Housing, Slum Improvement, Repairs and Reconstruction, Urban Land Ceiling, Industries, Mines, Social Justice, De-Addiction Activities and Environment | Shri Sachin Mohan Ahir | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | NCP |
| Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection and Public Works. | Shri Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| General Administration, Information and Publicity, Cultural Affairs, Protocol, School Education, Woken and Child Development, Public Health and Family Welfare, Minorities Development (Including Aukaf) | Prof.(Smt.) Foujiya Tahasin Khan | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | NCP |
| Home(Urban) Food and Drugs Administration and Addil. Charge of Home (Rural) Jails and State Excise | Shri Ramesh Anandrao Bagwe | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Tourism and Special Assistance. | Smt. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | INC |
| Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Water Conservation, Exployemnt Guarantee Scheme, Employment and Self-Employemnt, Transprot Welfare of Nomadic, De-notified Tribes and Other Backward Classes | Shri Gulabrao Baburao Deokar | 7 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | NCP |

## Ministers by Party

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

| Party | Party | Cabinet Ministers | Ministers of State | Total Ministers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Indian National Congress | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| | Nationalist Congress Party | 15 | 5 | 20 |

## Guardian Ministers

| # | District | Minister | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ahmednagar | Balasaheb Thorat | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 2 | Akola | Subhash Zanak | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 3 | Amaravati | Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 4 | Aurangabad | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 5 | Beed | Subhash Zanak | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 6 | Bhandara | Ranjit Kamble | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 7 | Buldhana | Suresh Shetty | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 8 | Chandrapur | Ramesh Bagwe | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 9 | Dhule | Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 10 | Gadchiroli | R. R. Patil | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 11 | Gondiya | Bhaskar Jadhav | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 12 | Hingoli | Varsha Gaikwad | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 13 | Jalgaon | Abdul Sattar | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 14 | Jalna | Gulabrao Deokar | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 15 | Kolhapur | Balasaheb Thorat | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 16 | Latur | Balasaheb Thorat | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 17 | Mumbai City | Jayant Patil | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 18 | Mumbai Suburban | Naseem Khan | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 19 | Nagpur | Shivajirao Moghe | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 20 | Nanded | Subhash Zanak | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 21 | Nandurbar | Vijaykumar Gavit | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 22 | Nashik | Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 23 | Osmanabad | Rajesh Tope | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 24 | Palghar | Babanrao Pachpute | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 25 | Parbhani | Foujiya Khan | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 26 | Pune | Ajit Pawar | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 27 | Raigad | Sunil Tatkare | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 28 | Ratnagiri | Sunil Tatkare | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 29 | Sangli | Patangrao Kadam | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 30 | Satara | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 31 | Sindhudurg | Narayan Rane | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 32 | Solapur | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 33 | Thane | Ganesh Naik | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | NCP |
| 34 | Wardha | Narayan Rane | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 35 | Washim | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
| 36 | Yavatmal | Nitin Raut | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | INC |
