Punjab gets a new cabinet: CM Channi keeps Vigilance, Know more Details
Punjab gets a new cabinet: CM Channi keeps Vigilance, Know more Details
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Punjab: The new portfolios of the Punjab government have been allocated for the state. With barely five months to go for assembly elections, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday inducted 15 ministers, dropping five Amarinder Singh loyalists from the previous ministry.

According to the official statement, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi took the Vigilance, Justice, Civil Aviation departments, whereas  Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder S Randhawa got Home Affairs, Cooperation and Jails.  Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni to see Health and Family Welfare, Defence Services Welfare and Freedom Fighters. 

Brahm Mohindra, Manpreet Singh Badal, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Razia Sultana, Vijay Inder Singla and Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who were ministers in the previous Amarinder Singh government, were retained.

The Cabinet expansion came a week after Amarinder Singh resigned as chief minister following a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and was replaced by Channi. 

The new faces in the Channi Ministry are Randeep Singh Nabha, Raj Kumar Verka, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Gurkirat Singh Kotli.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the legislators at a ceremony. Rana Gurjit Singh, Mohindra and Singla are considered close to Amarinder Singh. Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Sunder Sham Arora, who were ministers in the Amarinder Singh-led cabinet, did not find a place in the new ministry.

 

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