Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Wednesday said that the right to appoint the Guardian Minister or any other minister in the state cabinet has been granted to three key leaders of the Mahayuti alliance-- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, adding that they will soon appoint the Guardian minister in the state cabinet, reported news agency ANI.

"The right to appoint Guardian Minister or any other minister in the cabinet has been given to Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde (Deputy CM), BJP's Devendra Fadnavis (CM) and NCP's Ajit Pawar (Deputy CM). They will soon appoint the Guardian minister," Uday Samant told ANI.