Patil has also retained the public works and revenue and rehabilitation departments.In the much-delayed allocation of portfolios, Fadnavis gave a jolt to high-profile cabinet members Vinod Tawde, Pankaja Munde and Prakash Mehta. For Munde, the rejigging comes as a major setback as Fadnavis' flagship programme, the Jalyukta Shivar scheme, which had received praise from the World Bank, has been withdrawn from her. MUMBAI: Staunch RSS activist Chandrakant Dada Patil, a trusted aide of BJP president Amit Shah, emerged more powerful than ever before on Saturday evening after CM Devendra Fadnavis allotted him the crucial revenue portfolio earlier held by controversial BJP member Eknath Khadse. Tawde lost the prestigious medical education department to Girish Mahajan, Munde lost water conservation to Ram Shinde, while Mehta lost the labour department to Sambhajirao Patil Nilangekar.Tawde will now be in charge of school education and higher and technical education, while Munde will be in charge of rural development and women and child welfare departments and Mehta will hold the housing portfolio.

Source: Times of India July 09, 2016 23:26 UTC