On Monday, leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) opposition alliance chastised Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for their roles in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Union administration. During Sunday's swearing-in ceremony, Prataprao Jadhav of Shinde's Shiv Sena party was appointed Minister of State with independent charge. However, Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) declined a Minister of State role, preferring a cabinet position, reported PTI. 

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut stated that the limited roles granted to Shinde and Pawar's parties demonstrated that the BJP had reduced them to secondary posts. "This is what you get when you decide to be someone's slave," Raut told the news agency.