Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the state Cabinet would be expanded in July. The statement came after CM Eknath Shinde's Delhi visit where a clearance is said to be given by the BJP high command on Thursday.

When asked about Shinde's visit, Fadnavis said that the CM needed to attend several meetings related to the state in the capital. "And now about your favourite subject of cabinet expansion. We have to do it, and the CM will take a final call on the expansion. I think it will happen in July," he said. Asked on which date it was expected to happen, the DyCM reiterated July, insisting that nobody spoke so specifically about this subject.