Mumbai: After the oath-taking ceremony, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar held their first Cabinet meeting at Mantralay. During the meeting, Fadnavis made the first signature on the file concerning the Chief Minister’s relief Fund.
He gave instructions to grant a financial aid of Rs 5 lakh to Chandrakant Shankar Kurhade, a patient from Pune. Kurhade’s wife had requested financial assistance from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for a bone marrow transplant. The chief minister put his signature on the file before he chaired the first cabinet meeting.
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In a press conference after the meeting, Fadnavis stated that the Cabinet expansion would take place before the Nagpur session. He also mentioned that some minor changes would be made to the departments held by the previous ministers.
When asked about providing Rs 2,100 under the Ladki Behen Yojana, Fadnavis responded, “We had promised to give Rs 2,100 under the scheme. We will fulfill all the promises made, but first, we need to create the necessary arrangements.”
Speaking about the opposition, he expressed respect for all the opposition MLAs, saying, “The next five years will be different from what we saw in the past five years. Even though the opposition’s numbers are fewer, we will not judge them by numbers. If they raise good issues, we will give them the respect they deserve.”
