{"source_url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/marathon-talks-between-maharashtra-allies-on-portfolio-allocation-amid-murmurs-of-resentment/articleshow/73061071.cms", "title": "Marathon talks between Maharashtra allies on portfolio allocation amid murmurs of resentment", "top_image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-73061184,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-309179,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg", "meta_img": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-73061184,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-309179,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg", "images": ["https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-51715,msid-73056959,width-200,resizemode-4/73056959.jpg", "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-82021,msid-72161659,width-200,resizemode-4/72161659.jpg", "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-79240,msid-72161814,width-200,resizemode-4/72161814.jpg", "https://static.toiimg.com/photo/73025894.cms?pl=1456974", "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-73061184,imgsize-309179,width-400,resizemode-4/73061184.jpg", "https://static.toiimg.com/photo/72978370.cms?pl=1336722", "https://static.toiimg.com/photo/72996295.cms?pl=516920", "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-73061184,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-309179,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-40/photo.jpg", "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-38683,msid-72160445,width-200,resizemode-4/72160445.jpg", "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-798192,msid-73055959,width-200,resizemode-4/73055959.jpg", "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/imgsize-106433,msid-72161781,width-200,resizemode-4/72161781.jpg", "https://static.toiimg.com/photo/73000643.cms?pl=146600"], "movies": [], "text": "Uddhav Thackeray (R) and Ajit Pawar (ANI photo)\n\nNo differences on portfolio allocation: Jayant Patil\n\nMUMBAI: Amid murmurs of resentment over distribution of ministries between alliance partners Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, leaders of the three parties held marathon meetings on Wednesday to finalise the allocation of portfolios.The cabinet was expanded on Monday with induction of 36 ministers which took its strength to 43, including chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.The leaders held several rounds of talks with Uddhav Thackeray during the day, sources said.\"Allocation of ministries has been almost finalized. All issues have been resolved. The allocation is expected to be announced by tomorrow,\" a source said.District guardian ministers and sitting arrangement of ministers at cabinet meetings were finalised on Wednesday, they said.Ashok Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay Wadettiwar and Nitin Raut from the Congress, Jayant Patil and Ajit Pawar from the NCP and Eknath Shinde from the Shiv Sena met Thackeray to discuss allocation of ministries.According to Congress sources, the party is upset that it was not given any of the ministries which have a bearing on rural areas, such as agriculture and cooperation.\"We can swap portfolios with other two parties. We are not demanding increase in the number of ministries,\" sources added.All three parties are facing disgruntlement of leaders who were not inducted in the cabinet.Among such MLAs are Congress's Sangram Thopte, whose supporters vandalised Pune Congress office on Tuesday, and NCP's Prakash Solanke. Both the parties claimed that they have been mollified.Shiv Sena's Tanaji Sawant is also unhappy over being ignored in the cabinet expansion, sources said.Bhaskar Jadhav, who had joined the Sena on the eve of assembly polls, claimed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray had made certain commitments to him, so he was confident that he would be made minister and the exclusion left him shocked.About a dozen Sena legislators are said to be upset over not getting place in the cabinet.On the other hand, the 12 Congress ministers visited Delhi after the swearing-in on Monday.Congress leaders, sources said, feel that the party has not got agriculture, co-operation, housing and rural development ministries which are concerned with rural parts of the state.Rural development, co-operation and housing are with the NCP and agriculture with the Shiv Sena, and the Congress is keen on getting at least two of these four departments.The Congress has been allocated revenue, PWD and energy, among other ministries.The NCP has 12 cabinet ministers and four ministers of state, the Shiv Sena has 10 cabinet ministers and four MoS while Congress has 10 cabinet ministers and two MoS.The NCP has bagged important portfolios of home and finance.Meanwhile, Maharashtra cabinet minister Jayant Patil has said that there were no differences between the allies Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress over the allocation of portfolios.Patil, who heads state unit of the Nationalist Congress Party, was speaking to reporters at Mantralaya, the state secretariat here.\"There are no differences between us,\" Patil told reporters when asked about reports of friction between the allies over portfolio allocation.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["India", "India news", "India news today", "Today news", "Google news", "Breaking news", "Shiv Sena'", "NCP", "Maharashtra portfolio allocation", "Maharashtra government", "Congress"], "tags": ["Asaduddin Owaisi", "Supreme Court", "Jyotiraditya Scindia", "BJP news", "UIDAI", "Omar Abdullah", "NCP", "Shiv Sena", "Lok Sabha", "Donald Trump", "ISRO news", "Sachin Pilot", "YSRCP", "Rajnath Singh", "Mayawati", "Indian Army", "Congress"], "authors": ["Pti", "Jan"], "publish_date": null, "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "India News: Amid murmurs of resentment over distribution of ministries between alliance partners Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, leaders of th", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://m.timesofindia.com/touch-icon-iphone-precomposed.png", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no", "description": "India News: Amid murmurs of resentment over distribution of ministries between alliance partners Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, leaders of th", "keywords": "India, India news, India news today, Today news, Google news, Breaking news,Shiv Sena',NCP,Maharashtra portfolio allocation,Maharashtra government,Congress", "og": {"title": "Marathon talks between Maharashtra allies on portfolio allocation amid murmurs of resentment | India News - 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