Following a rummy controversy, NCP leader Ajit Pawar reassigned Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate to Sports and Youth Welfare, Minority Development, and Waqf. Dattatray Bharne will now head the agriculture department. This demotion followed Kokate's apology for the incident and assurances of improved behavior.
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