First Deshmukh ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed18 October 1999
Date dissolved16 January 2003
People and organisations
Head of stateGovernor P. C. Alexander (1999–2002)
Governor Mohammed Fazal (2002-03)
Head of governmentVilasrao Deshmukh
No. of ministers26 Cabinet ministers
Congress (12)
NCP (12)
PWP (1)
BBM (1)
Member partiesCongress
NCP
Other smaller parties and independents
Status in legislatureCoalition
148 / 288(51%)
Opposition partyShiv Sena
BJP
Opposition leaderNarayan Rane (Shiv Sena) (Assembly)
Nitin Gadkari (BJP) (Council)
History
Election(s)1999
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorNarayan Rane ministry
SuccessorShinde ministry

The Indian National Congress politician Vilasrao Deshmukh formed his first government after the 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.[1] The government consisted of Deshmukh's Congress party, Nationalist Congress Party, several smaller parties, and independent politicians.[1][2] Deshmukh was sworn in on October 18, 1999[1] and continued as Chief Minister until his resignation on January 16, 2003.[3]

Government formation

The 1999 elections had returned Congress as the largest legislative party with 75 out of the State's 288 legislative assembly seats. Deshmukh, who had previously served as a cabinet minister in the State was subsequently supported by the Nationalist Congress Party, Peasants and Workers Party of India, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh, Republican Party of India (Gavai), Republican Party of India (Athawale), Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (Secular), and Independents.[2] The Communist Party of India (Marxist) supported the government from outside.[2]

The ministry had initially consisted of 61 member. However, coalition partner NCP was concerned with the large size of the cabinet. As a compromise, Deshmukh agreed that his Congress party would drop one cabinet minister and three ministers of state, while the NCP would ask two of its junior ministers to resign.[2]

List of ministers

The cabinet consisted of 55 members - Deshmukh, his Deputy Chhagan Bhujbal, 24 cabinet ministers, and 29 ministers of state.[4]

Cabinet ministers

The following ministers were allocated portfolios in October 1999.[5]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chief Minister
General Administration
Information and Publicity
Urban Development Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.
18 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Deputy Chief Minister , Home, Social Justice and Special Assistance, Majority Welfare Development18 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Environment and Forests, State Border Defence (First)19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Industries, Mining Department
Water Conservation
19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Revenue
Protocol
19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Labour
Minority Development and Aukaf
Ports
19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Social Welfare
Women and Child Development
Nomadic Tribes Developmentand Special Backward Classes Welfare
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Other Backward Bahujan Welfare
19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Transport
Employment and Self-employment, Employment Guarantee
19 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Irrigation
Energy
Command Area Development, Socially And Educationally Backward Classes, Soil and Water Conservation
19 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Public Works, State Border Defence (Second)19 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Tribal Development
Special Affairs
Madhukar Pichad
19 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Horticulture
Irrigation (Krishna Valley Development
and Konkan Valley Development)
19 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Public Works (Public Projects), Co-operation19 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Marketing
Guarantee Schemes
Tourism & Woman and Child Development
19 October 199916 January 2003 PWPI
Housing
House Repairs and Reconstruction
Parliamentary Affairs
Rohidas Patil
27 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Agriculture
Textiles, Khar Land Development
27 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Law and Judiciary
Earthquake Rehabilitation Relief And Rehabilitation
Ex-servicemen's Welfare
Vilas Patil
27 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Animal Husbandry
Dairy Development
Anand Devkate
27 October 199916 January 2003 INC
School Education
Sports and Youth Welfare
Cultural Affairs and Marathi Language
27 October 199916 January 2003 INC
Food and Civil Supplies
Consumer Protection
Food and Drug Administration
27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Excise
Medicinal Drugs
Vimukta Jati
Other Backward Classes
27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Public Health and Family Welfare
Medical Education
Digvijay Khanvilkar
27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Rural Development
Water Supply and Cleanliness
27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Higher and Technical Education27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Finance
Planning
27 October 199916 January 2003 NCP
Trade
Commerce, Fisheries
Makhram Pawar
27 October 199916 January 2003 BBM
Minister without Portfolio, Disaster Management27 October 199931 October 1999[4] INC

Ministers of state

The ministers also included the following ministers of state.[5]

Minister of state Portfolio Party
Manikrao Thakre Home Affairs (Rural), Employment Guarantee Scheme, and Parliamentary Affairs Congress
Vasudhatai Pundlikrao Deshmukh Finance, Planning, and Public Works Congress
Kripashankar Singh Home Affairs (Urban) and Medicines Congress
Eknath Gaikwad Public Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare Congress
Balasaheb Thorat Public Works and Command Area Development Congress
Chandrakant Shivarkar Public Works (Public Projects) and Excise Congress
Anees Ahmed Higher and Technical Education Congress
Rajendra Darda Energy and Tourism Congress
Prakash Awade Textiles, Tribal Development, and Special Assistance Congress
Basavraj Madhavrao Patil Rural Development Congress
Mohammed Arif Khan Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Protection Congress
A. T. Pawar Tribal welfare[6] NCP
Laxman Dhoble General Administration, Social Welfare, and Marketing NCP
Babasaheb Kupekar Cooperation NCP
Anil Deshmukh School Education, Information, Sports and Youth Affairs NCP
Jaydutt Kshirsagar Industries, Parliamentary Affairs, Trade and Commerce, and Mining NCP
Hemant Deshmukh Labour, Employment and Self-employment NCP
Vimal Mundada Women and Child Welfare, Law and Judiciary, Earthquake Rehabilitation and Relief NCP
Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar Revenue and Rehabilitation NCP
Sunil Tatkare Urban Development, Urban Land Ceiling, and Ports NCP
Subhash Thakre Forests and Environment NCP
N. P. Hirani Protocol and Prohibition Publicity NCP
Minakshi Patil Cultural Affairs and Fisheries Shekapa
Mohan Mahadev Patil Horticulture, Nomadic Tribes, and Backward Class Development Shekapa
Sulekha Kumbhare Water Supply and Cleanliness RPI(G)
Dada Jadhavrao Agriculture, and Ex-servicemen's Welfare JD(S)
Ajit Ghorpade Irrigation (Krishna Valley and Konkan Irrigation Corporation) Independent
Nawab Malik Housing, Slum Development, House Repairs, and Wakf SP
Gangadhar Gade Transport RPI(A)

Guardian Ministers

Sr No. District Guardian_Minister Party
01 Ahmednagar Ashok Chavan
(Cabinet Minister)
United Progressive Alliance
02 Akola Vasant Chavan
(Cabinet Minister)
03 Amravati Chhagan Bhujbal
(Deputy Chief Minister)
04 Aurangabad Jayant Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
05 Beed Dilip Walse-Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
06 Bhandara Datta Meghe
(Cabinet Minister)
07 Buldhana Husain Dalwai
(Cabinet Minister)
08 Chandrapur Makhram Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
09 Dhule Surupsingh Hirya Naik
(Cabinet Minister)
10 Gadchiroli R. R. Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
11 Gondiya Ramkrishna More
(Cabinet Minister)
12 Hingoli Anees Ahmed
(Minister of State)
13 Jalgaon Anand Devkate
(Cabinet Minister)
14 Jalna Vilas Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
15 Kolhapur Satish Chaturvedi
(Cabinet Minister)
16 Latur Jaywantrao Awale
(Cabinet Minister)
17 Mumbai City R. R. Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
18 Mumbai Suburban Ranjeet Deshmukh
(Cabinet Minister)
19 Nagpur Patangrao Kadam
(Cabinet Minister)
20 Nanded Ashok Chavan
(Cabinet Minister)
21 Nandurbar Surupsingh Hirya Naik
(Cabinet Minister)
22 Nashik Chhagan Bhujbal
(Deputy Chief Minister)
23 Osmanabad Padamsinh Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
24 Palghar Manikrao Thakre
(Minister of State)
25 Parbhani Balasaheb Thorat
(Minister of State)
26 Pune Ajit Pawar
(Cabinet Minister)
27 Raigad Rohidas Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
28 Ratnagiri Ganpatrao Deshmukh
(Cabinet Minister)
29 Sangli Patangrao Kadam
(Cabinet Minister)
30 Satara Vikramsinh Patankar
(Cabinet Minister)
31 Sindhudurg Eknath Gaikwad
(Minister of State)
32 Solapur Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil
(Cabinet Minister)
33 Thane Husain Dalwai
(Cabinet Minister)
34 Wardha Shivajirao Moghe
(Cabinet Minister)
35 Washim Jaywantrao Awale
(Cabinet Minister)
36 Yavatmal Madhukar Pichad
(Cabinet Minister)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Deshmukh sworn in Maharashtra CM". The Tribune. 19 October 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Congress, NCP agree to prune ministry". Rediff News. October 29, 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. "Deshmukh quits, Shinde to take over in Maharashtra". Rediff News. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Deshmukh drops six ministers, allocates portfolios". Rediff News. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 "The Maharashtra Council of Ministers". Rediff News. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. "8-time MLA, ex-minister A T Pawar passes away | Nashik News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. May 11, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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