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In the State governmental system, the position of the CM is paramount. His stance will be imposing only when his party has a decisive majority in the State Legislature.
When a coalition government is in power, it is more difficult to uphold the notion of collective responsibility. In such a situation, much of the Chief Minister’s time and energy will be squandered on keeping his staff together and disciplined. A state’s government’s chief spokesperson is the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister informs the state’s citizens about all policies and decisions through the media.
Details of Chief minister
According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution, the governor appoints the chief minister. According to Article 164 of the Constitution, the governor would be aided and advised by a Council of Ministers, including the Chief Minister. Not according to his views, the governor must pick the majority party’s leader in the state legislature as chief minister. The chief minister is recognised as the government’s true leader. The state’s de facto executive is the chief minister, while the state’s de jure executive is the governor.
The job of creating the government begins once the election for the Legislative Assembly is completed. The party having the most seats in the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) has the right to form the government. Ministers are nominated based on their recommendations. The chief minister may be a member of the state legislature’s lower house or upper house. However, he is a member of the lower house in most circumstances. When neither party has a clear majority in the state legislature, the governor may exercise his discretion in selecting and appointing the Chief Minister.
Powers and Functions of Chief Minister of a state
In the workings of the State Government, the Chief Minister plays a crucial role. He has immense authority and bears enormous obligations. The following are the authorities and responsibilities of the Chief Minister:
1. Assisting and advising the Governor:
The Chief Minister serves as a conduit between the Governor and the Cabinet. He is the one who informs the Governor of the Council of Ministers’ decisions. He must provide the Governor with any information on the state’s administration that he may request.
Any topic on which a Minister has made a decision but has not been considered by the Council of Ministers can be submitted to the Governor for consideration by the Council of Ministers.
The power to alter ministerial portfolios.
Other than this, the CM has the following important powers;
- The activities of all ministers are coordinated, guided and controlled by the chief minister.
- The meetings of the council of ministers are presided by him
- He influences the decision of the council of ministers.
- He can ask the governor to dismiss any minister or ask a minister to resign.
- If the chief minister resigns, the government also collapses.
- He is the communication channel between the council of ministers and the governor.
- He announces the government policies on the house floor.
- He advises the governor to summon the sessions of the state legislature.
- Chairman of the state planning board
- Member of the Inter-State Council and the National Development Council, headed by the prime minister.
- Vice-chairman of the concerned zonal council by rotation.
- Crisis manager in chief at the political level during emergencies.
List of all ministers of Maharashtra
Chief Minister | Tenure |
1. Yashwantrao Chavan | 1 May 1960 TO 19 November 1962 |
2. Marotrao Kannamwar | 20 November 1962 to 24 November 1963 |
3. P. K. Sawant | 25 November 1963 to 4 December 1963 |
4. Vasantrao Naik | 5 December 1963 to 1 March 1967 |
5. Shankarrao Chavan | 21 February 1975 to 16 May 1977 |
6. Vasantdada Patil | 17 May 1977 to 5 March 1978, 5 March 1978 to 18 July 1978 |
7. Sharad Pawar | 18 July 1978 to 17 February 1980 |
8. Abdul Rehman Antulay | 9 June 1980 to 12 January 1982 |
9. Babasaheb Bhosale | 21 January 1982 to 1 February 1983 |
6. Vasantdada Patil | 2 February 1983 to 1 June 1985 |
10. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | 3 June 1985 to 6 March 1986 |
5. Shankarrao Chavan | 12 March 1986 to 26 June 1988 |
7. Sharad Pawar | 26 June 1988 to 25 June 1991 |
11. Sudhakarrao Naik | 25 June 1991 to 22 February 1993 |
7. Sharad Pawar | 6 March 1993 to 14 March 1995 |
12. Manohar Joshi | 14 March 1995 to 31 January 1999 |
13. Narayan Rane | 1 February 1999 to 17 October 1999 |
14. Vilasrao Deshmukh | 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 |
15. Sushilkumar Shinde | 18 January 2003 to 30 October 2004 |
14. Vilasrao Deshmukh | 1 November 2004 to 4 December 2008 |
16. Ashok Chavan | 7 November 2009 to 9 November 2010 |
17. Prithviraj Chavan | 11 November 2010 to 26 September 2014 |
18. Devendra Fadnavis | 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019 |
18. Devendra Fadnavis | 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019 |
19. Uddhav Thackeray | 28 November 2019-Present |
Conclusion
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra is the head of the Maharashtra government, located in western India. The Governor invites the party (or coalition) with the most members in the Legislative Assembly to form the government and selects the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the elections (CM). If the appointee is not a member of Maharashtra’s Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council, the Constitution requires them to be elected within six months of their inauguration. The CM’s office is concurrent with the concurrent Assembly if the CM commands confidence in the house and does not serve for more than five years.
