Only two women, both from Congress, from the three parties that constitute the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers on Monday. Between the three parties, there are several senior women leaders including Shiv Sena’s Neelam Gorhe, Manisha Kayande, Congress’s Praniti Shinde, and the NCP’s Ms. Tatkare. The two women ministers from the Congress are Yashomati Thakur, MLA from Tivasa in Amravati district and Varsha Gaikwad, MLA from Dharavi. Interestingly, Mumbai has five Cabinet ministers, including Aaditya Thackeray, Ms. Gaikwad, Aslam Shaikh, Nawab Malik and Jitendra Awhad (Thane). The Konkan Ministers include Uday Samant from Ratnagiri and Ms. Tatkare from Shrivardhan.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2019 20:04 UTC