India, May 20 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from Yeola, Chhagan Bhujbal, is set to become a minister in the Mahayuti 2.0 government. He will take oath on Tuesday morning at the Raj Bhavan, people in the know told HT.

Bhujbal is expected to fill the vacancy left behind by Dhananjay Munde when he stepped down from his position of minister of food and civil supply, after the arrest of his confidante and election manager Walmik Karad, in connection with the brutal killing of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.

While Bhujbal confirmed to HT that he will take the oath on Tuesday, his nephew, former MP Sameer Bhujbal, said, "We feel that a leader who fought for the rights of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is getting justice. He contin...