Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed	7 November 2009
Date dissolved	9 November 2010
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor S. C. Jamir (2009–10) Governor K. Sankaranarayanan (2010)
Head of government	Ashok Chavan
No. of ministers	37 Congress (17) NCP (20)
Member parties	Congress NCP
Status in legislature	Coalition 175 / 288 (61%)
Opposition party	BJP Shiv Sena
Opposition leader	Eknath Khadse (BJP) (Assembly) Pandurang Fundkar (BJP) (Council)
History
Election(s)	2009
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Successor	Prithviraj Chavan ministry

The incumbent Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan led his Congress party and alliance partner NCP to an electoral majority in the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2] He subsequently formed his second cabinet. Chavan had been the Chief Minister since December 8, 2008, and would continue to serve until November 9, 2010, when he resigned at the backdrop of corruption allegations.^[3]

The cabinet consisted of 23 ministers, including Chavan and his Deputy, Chhagan Bhujbal.^[4]

Council of Ministers

The following is the list of ministers in the cabinet:^[4][5]

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Term of office
						Took office	Left office	Duration
01	Ashok Chavan Chief Minister	Bhokar	General Administration Information Technology Information and Public Relations Urban Development. Housing Cultural Affairs Protocol Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
02	Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister	Yevla	Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Special Assistance		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
03	Narayan Rane	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Revenue Earthquake Rehabilitation Khar land Development Relief and Rehabilitation		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
04	R. R. Patil	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	Home Affairs		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
05	Patangrao Kadam	Palus-Kadegaon	Forests Department State Border Defence (First) Majority Welfare Development		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
06	Shivajirao Moghe	Arni	Social Justice Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Classes Special Backward Classes Welfare			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
07	Ajit Pawar	Baramati	Water Resources. Command Area Development. Energy		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
08	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	Shirdi	Law and Judiciary Transport. Ports Development Vimukta Jati		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
09	Jayant Patil	Islampur	Rural Development. Environment and climate change. State Border Defence (Second)		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
10	Harshvardhan Patil	Indapur	Parliamentary Affairs. Marketing		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
11	Ganesh Naik	Belapur	State Excise		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
12	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	Agriculture Soil and Water Conservation School Education Marathi Language		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
13	Nitin Raut	Nagpur North	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
14	Laxmanrao Dhobale	Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha	Water Supply Sanitation Disaster Management		NCP	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
15	Anil Deshmukh	Katol	Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
16	'Jaydutt Kshirsagar	Beed	Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Other Backward Bahujan Welfare			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
17	Manohar Naik	Pusad	Food and Drug Administration			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
18	Vijaykumar Gavit	Nandurbar	Medical Education Horticulture Tourism.			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
19	Sunil Tatkare	Shrivardhan	Finance Planning			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
20	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Co-operation Labour			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
21	Babanrao Pachpute	Shrigonda	Tribal Development			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
22	Rajesh Tope	Ghansawangi	Higher Education and Technical Education			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
23	Rajendra Darda	Aurangabad East	Industries. Mining Department. Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Employment Guarantee		INC	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
24	Mohammad Naseem Khan	Paranda	Textiles Minority Development and Aukaf Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Ex. Servicemen Welfare			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
25	Suresh Shetty	Andheri East	Public Health and Family Welfare Sports and Youth Welfare			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days
26	Subhash Zanak	Risod	Woman and Child Development.			07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days

Ministers by Party

Guardian Ministers

References