Pandurang Fundkar tops in absenteeism at Maharashtra cabinet meets

The government headed by Devendra Fadnavis also faces absenteeism of its ministers from the important cabinet meetings. Barring CM Devendra Fadnavis who have attended all cabinet meetings rest all do not have a 100% track record. Leading the list of Minister's in remaining absent from meetings is the Agriculture and Horticulture Minister Pandurang Fundkar followed by Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Pankaja Munde, Sambhaji Nilengenkar- Patil and Rajkumar Badole constituting the top 5. This information was provided to RTI activist Anil Galgali by chief Secretary office. 

RTI activist Anil Galgali had filed a RTI query with the chief Secretary office seeking details of the total number of cabinet meetings held by the state government and the attendance of ministers. The Under Secretary and the public information officer Vivek Patil   informed Galgali that, since 07 July 2016 to May 2017 a total of 35 cabinet meetings were held. Out of the 23 ministers Barring CM Fadnavis 22 ministers have been absent in some or other cabinet meetings.Agriculture and Horticulture Minister Pandurang Fundkar  remained absent in 11 out of the 35 cabinet meetings , Finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar was absent in 9 , Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was absent in 9,  Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole in 8, Women's and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde in 8, labour Minister Sambhaji Nilengenkar- Patil in 8, Food and Civil Supply Minister Girish Bapat in 7, Housing minister Prakash Mehta in 7, Water Reservation and Protocol Minister Ram Shinde in 6, Environment minister Ramdas Kadam in 6, Pwd Minister Eknath Shinde in 5, Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Baban Lonikar in 5 , Cooperation, Marketing and Textiles Minister Subhash Deshmukh in 5, Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil in 4, Industry Minister Subhash desai in 4, Public Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant in 4, Tourism Minister Jay kumar Rawal in 3 &  Medical Education Girish Mahajan in 2 meeting absent. School Education Minister Vinod Tawade, Transport Minister Divakar Ravate, Tribual Minister Vishnu Savara and Dairy Development Minister Mahadev Jankar absent in only 1 cabinet meeting 0ut of 35.

The cabinet meetings are held for important issues to properly govern the state and hence it is important that the Minister's attend all the meetings expressed Anil Galgali.