Fourth Pawar ministry

Sharad Pawar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the fourth time^[1] on 6 March 1993. On appointment, Pawar formed a 18-member cabinet.^[2] The cabinet continued until the 1995 legislative elections, and was replaced by the Manohar Joshi ministry.

Fourth Pawar ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed	6 March 1993
Date dissolved	14 March 1995
People and organisations
Governor	P. C. Alexander
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Total no. of members	19 Congress (17) RPI(A) (1) Independents (1)
Member parties	Congress RPI(A) Independents
Status in legislature	Majority government 150 / 288 (52%)
Opposition party	BJP Shiv Sena
Opposition leader	Legislative Assembly: Gopinath Munde (BJP) Legislative Council: Anna Dange (BJP) (1993, 1994-95) Sudhir Joshi (Shiv Sena) (1993-94)
History
Election	1990
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	S. Naik
Successor	Joshi

Government formation

Soon after the 1990 legislative elections, Pawar, then the incumbent Chief Minister, was sworn in once again. However, after 1991 Indian general election, Pawar resigned and was appointed Defence Minister by P. V. Narasimha Rao.^[3] He served as the Member of Parliament for Baramati at the same time. On his resignation, Sudhakarrao Naik was appointed the Chief Minister.^[4] However, in 1993, Pawar resigned as the nation's defence minister,^[5][6] and returned as the head of Maharashtra government.^[7]

List of ministers

The initial ministry consisted of:^[2][8]

Sr No	Minister	Portfolio	Party
Chief Minister
1	Sharad Pawar	Other Departments not allocated to a minister: Law and Judiciary Home Affairs Jails Planning General Administration Information and Public Relations Information Technology Command Area Development State Excise	Congress
Cabinet ministers
2	Ramrao Adik	Finance Special Assistance State Border Defence (First)	Congress
3	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Parliamentary Affairs Relief & Rehabilitation Nomadic Tribes Majority Welfare Development
4	Padamsinh Bajirao Patil	Irrigation Energy Protocol Socially And Educationally Backward Classes
5	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Revenue Environment and Climate Change Tourism (18 November 1994 – 14 March 1995) Medical Education Cultural Affairs Marathi Language Earthquake Rehabilitation State Border Defence (Second)
6	Surupsingh Hirya Naik	Forest Department Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Other Backward Bahujan Welfare
7	Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale	Cooperation Disaster Management
8	Jawaharlal Darda	Industries Mining Department Marketing
9	Chhagan Bhujbal	Housing Slum Improvement House Repairs and Reconstruction Other Backward Classes Special Backward Classes Welfare
10	Salim Zakaria	School Education Fisheries
11	Pushpatai Hirey	Public Health and Family Welfare Woman and Child Development
12	Prabhakar Dharkar	Higher and Technical Education Employment Horticulture Tourism (6 March 1993 – 18 November 1994) Ports Khar Land Development Vimukta Jati
13	Madhukar Pichad	Travel Development Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Dairy Development Tribal Development
14	Ranjeet Deshmukh	Rural Development Panchayat Raj Employment Guarantee Scheme Ex-Servicemen Welfare
15	Arun Gujarathi	Urban Development Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Food and Drug Administration
16	Sarawan Parate	Labour Food and Civil Supplies Textiles Minority Development and Aukaf
17	Ramdas Athawale	Social Welfare Prohibition Propaganda Transport Sports and Youth Welfare	RPI(A)
18	Harshvardhan Deshmukh	Agriculture Soil and Water Conservation Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) and (Konkan Valley Development) Water supply Sanitation	Independent

Ministers of state

The junior ministers in the cabinet included:^[8]

• Marzban Patrawala, Finance and General Administration
• Ashok Chavan, Public Works, Urban Development, and Parliamentary Affairs
• Avinash Naik, Industries, Tourism, and Environment
• Arun Divekar, Youth Welfare and Sports
• Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik, Education, Employment Guarantee Scheme, Rehabilitation
• Eknath Gaikwad, Housing and Slum Development, Labour, and Social Welfare
• Manikrao Thakre, Home Affairs, Agriculture, and Rural Development
• Madhavrao Bhujangrao Kinhalkar, Revenue and Cooperation