Sushilkumar Shinde ministry

Sushilkumar Shinde ministry

Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed18 January 2003
Date dissolved1 November 2004
People and organisations
GovernorMohammed Fazal
Chief MinisterSushilkumar Shinde
Deputy Chief MinisterChhagan Bhujbal (2003)
Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil (2003-04)
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
Election1999
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorDeshmukh I
SuccessorDeshmukh II
Nationalist Congress Party

In January 2003, Sushilkumar Shinde was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, on resignation of his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh.[1][2] Shinde led a cabinet consisting of his Congress party and alliance partner NCP, till the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. The Congress-NCP alliance secured a majority in those elections, but the Shinde ministry was replaced by his Deshmukh's second ministry.

  1. ^ "Shinde elected leader of DF". The Tribune. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Turn of fortune for Shinde". The Tribune. 19 January 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2021.