Overview

• Misal has formally approached the Chief Minister’s Office for clarity on her power to convene departmental meetings after the March 19 work allocation lacked the required CM approval under state rules.
• Fadnavis told Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat and minister of state Madhuri Misal that they should bring any internal disputes directly to him, deeming written letters unnecessary and affirming that minister of state review meetings do not violate the division of work.
• Shirsat had demanded that all meetings related to his allocated subjects be chaired by him to ensure proper administrative coordination.
• The dispute has laid bare procedural ambiguities in the Social Justice Department and reflects ongoing power-sharing tensions between the BJP and the Shinde-led Shiv Sena within the Mahayuti coalition.
• Executive intervention has intensified calls to formalize work division guidelines to prevent similar conflicts and preserve coalition unity.