Opposition leader Ajit Pawar has questioned the Maharashtra government for not expanding the Cabinet even after being in a majority. He demanded an immediate session of the state legislature to help the rain-hit people and announce a wet drought in Vidarbha and Marathwada where the monsoon fury has devastated kharif sowing and drastically minimised yield projections.

Pawar said it seems only Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis know about the reasons behind the delay in expanding the team of ministers. “They may think that the two people are enough to run the government. I don’t know whether there is something else to do with it,” he said, adding that the duo seemed to have nothing in their hands because their actions and inactions were prompted by the people in Delhi.