Row Over 3 Tainted Ministers' Inclusion In Maharashtra Cabinet

Newly inducted ministers mired in controversies are Sanjay Rathod, Vijaykumar Gavit and Abdul Sattar

Three of the 18 ministers sworn in on Tuesday during the Maharashtra cabinet expansion have been mired in controversies.

Newly inducted minister Sanjay Rathod, who also served as a minister in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led state government, had resigned last year after he was linked to a woman's death in Pune.

When Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party leadership in June this year, Mr Rathod joined his camp.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said police had given a clean chit to Mr Rathod, hence he was inducted into the state cabinet.