In a significant move, the Maharashtra state cabinet underwent its first major expansion as 39 ministers, including 33 Cabinet ministers and 6 Ministers of State, were sworn in by Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Nagpur.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, were also present during the event. The newly inducted ministers include prominent political figures such as Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Chandrakant Patil, Girish Mahajan, Gulabrao Patil, Ganesh Naik, Dadaji Bhuse, Sanjay Rathod, Dhananjay Munde, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Uday Samant, Jayakumar Rawal, Pankaja Munde, and Narhari Zirwal, among others.