Overview

• Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has appointed Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat as chairman of CIDCO, granting him a ministerial rank.
• Former MP Anandrao Adsul has been named chairman of the Maharashtra State Scheduled Caste and Tribes Commission.
• Hemant Patil, who heads the Balasaheb Thackeray Turmeric Research and Training Centre, has been elevated to cabinet minister rank.
• These appointments come as the Shinde-led government seeks to address grievances and maintain unity within Shiv Sena.
• Further appointments are expected to placate other discontented MLAs and former MPs as the state assembly elections approach.