MAHARASHTRA-To Win Votes

To Win Votes VASANTDADA PATlL's 40-member cabinet is the largest ever formed in Maharashtra. The caste and regional Composition of the cabinet reveal two points of interest. First, disproportionately large representation has been given to the Vidarbha' region. Second, almost all the major and minor castes in the state have been sought to be placated. In addition, as chief minister Vasantdada Patil has initiated a number of measures whose sole objective is to win the support of different sections of the population in the forthcoming assembly elections.