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- ↑ Devendra Fadnavis to expand cabinet, Shiv Sena turns down deputy CM post fearing infighting
- ↑ Three months before polls, CM Devendra Fadnavis brings in new faces
- ↑ My Neta
- ↑ "अविनाश महातेकर".
- ↑ "अविनाश महातेकर".
- ↑ "रिपाइचा फलटण मतदारसंघावर दावा : अविनाश महातेकर".
- ↑ "समाजकल्याण राज्यमंत्री अविनाश महातेकर यांची दीक्षाभूमीला भेट". 19 July 2019.