The NCP abstained from attending the swearing-in ceremony and refused to accept the post of minister of state until it was given a proper place in the Modi cabinet. After this, now the Shiv Sena Shinde faction is also angry with the BJP. The party's chief whip Shrirang Barane said that despite his party winning 7 seats, they have not been allotted a cabinet level ministerial post.
They have been given cabinet level ministerial posts despite getting fewer seats than other NDA allies. Chirag Paswan, Jitanram Manjhi and Kumar Swami have been made cabinet level ministers despite getting fewer seats. Leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi opposition alliance in Maharashtra targeted CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and criticized the BJP for being less prominent than Modi. Wardrobe. Prataprao Jadhav of Shinde faction was made a minister of state with independent charge in Modi Cabinet 3.0. While Ajit Pawar's NCP group refused to accept the minister of state post allotted to him. Praful Patel of NCP's Ajit Pawar faction was offered a state level minister post in the Modi Cabinet, which he refused and asked for a cabinet level minister post. Patel said that what he has been offered is akin to demotion. As such, he did not attend the swearing-in ceremony and did not take oath.