Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on August 9 said women will get appropriate representation in the State Cabinet. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member Ministry by inducting 18 Ministers, nine each from his rebel Shiv Sena group and the BJP. The list doesn't include women, a move being criticised by politicians and women's rights activists.
"The objection that there is no woman Minister in the newly formed Cabinet will be addressed soon. Women will get appropriate representation in our Cabinet," Mr. Fadnavis said in Pune on the sidelines of a programme.