With important portfolios and six new ministers power centre shifts to Vid
* With six new ministers from the region inducted in Fadnavis Government, Vidarbha has got total four ministers, and four ministers of state * Of six new ministers, BJP has given five and Shiv Sena has given only one from the region By Kartik Lokhande The most important feature of the first expansion of State Government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is that of a total 20 ministers who were sworn-in on Friday, as many as six are from Vidarbha. It is being seen as a reward to the region that elected BJP candidates from as many as 44 out of total 62 seats, thus contributing immensely to BJP’s coming to power in Maharashtra. Another interesting feature is that after several decades, the power centre has shifted to Vidarbha in a real sense. Devendra Fadnavis, who hails from Nagpur, is Chief Minister and holds important portfolios like Home and Urban Development. Sudhir Mungantiwar, who hails from Chandrapur district, has got two more important portfolios of Fina...