Former Congress MLA Sangram Thopte on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with his supporters from Bhor taluka in Pune district. (Pics/Shadab Khan)

Thirty-nine leaders of the Mahayuti alliance were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. The cabinet includes 19 Ministers from BJP, 11 from Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, and nine from Ajit Pawar’s NCP. (Pic/X and Facebook)