NCP’s Nawab Malik NCP’s Nawab MalikAfter a five-year gap of no representation, Muslim ministers have made an entry in a big way in the Uddhav Thackeray-led state government. In the full-size cabinet that was sworn-in Monday, there were four Muslim ministers, including three Cabinet ranked. On Monday, Nawab Malik and Hasan Mushrif of the NCP and Aslam Shaikh of the Congress were sworn-in as Cabinet ministers. In the late CM Vilasrao Deshmukh-led government in 2004, there were three Muslim ministers who held the Cabinet rank. From 1960 to 2014, there have been a total of 64 Muslim ministers, including 31 Cabinet ministers and 33 MoS.

Source: Indian Express December 30, 2019 20:25 UTC