Rane may be successful in getting himself into the Maharashtra cabinet on account of his ability to take on Shiv Sena, mainly Uddhav Thackeray. One of the portfolios the BJP-led state government is considering giving him is the esteemed revenue ministry, according to a senior political leader who is in the know of developments.

"We wait for Rane to float his own party on October 1. It will maintain the Narendra Modi-led NDA, and it has been projected that he be inducted into the state cabinet before the end of the first week of October. There will be no cabinet restructure or expansion, only Rane is likely to be inducted," the senior leader said.

The politician said that in view of Sena's strong opposition to Rane joining BJP and the state cabinet, it was proposed that he float his own party and then join NDA as a partner. Rane had made up his mind to quit Congress after his son Nilesh lost the 2014 LS polls and he himself lost the assembly polls from his hometown as well as the Bandra by-election.

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