This is a major blow to Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray as the Shinde camp during the debate without naming them had targeted them ahead of the upcoming BMC elections.
Though no names have been confirmed yet, sources claim that senior BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrakant Patil, Girish Mahajan are likely to be inducted as new ministers. The other leaders who will likely take oath include Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Suresh Khade, Atul Moreshwar Save, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Vijaykumar Gavit and Ravindra Chavan.
The wait is finally over, as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who has been running a two-man government with his deputy Devendra Fadnavis since June 30, will expand his cabinet on Tuesday.