Punjab Cabinet expansion: Congress leaders take oath of workplace
The a lot anticipated Punjab cabinet expansion passed off on Sunday on the Governor House in Chandigarh. After holding marathon conferences with the Congress excessive command, the list of ministers for the new cabinet, below the management of Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi was finalised.
Channi grew to become the sixteenth Chief Minister of the state following Captain Amarinder Singh’s resignation from the highest put up within the state. The three-time MLA from Rupnagar’s Chamkaur Sahib is the state’s first Dalit Chief Minister.
Punjab Cabinet expansion: Highlights
- Those who couldn’t be made ministers right this moment can be accommodated within the Govt setup and the group. This train has been performed to usher in younger faces and strike a social and regional steadiness, stated Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat.
- Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Gurkirat Kotli additionally took oath as ministers in Punjab Government.
- Sangat Gilzian, Pargat Singh take oath.
- Raj Kumar Verka takes oath as cabinet minister.
- MLAs Vijay Inder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, and Randeep Singh Nabha take oath as Cabinet ministers in Punjab Government.
- Razia Sultana takes oath as cabinet minister.
- Sukhbinder Sarkaria, and Rana Gurjeet Singh administered the oath of the workplace of Cabinet minister by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
- MLAs Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary take oath as cabinet ministers
- Congress MLAs Brahm Mohindra and Manpreet Singh Badal take oath as Cabinet ministers of Punjab Govt.
- Congress MLAs together with their relations attain Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh for the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers
A consensus on the names for the Channi-led cabinet was reached throughout his assembly with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and different senior social gathering members within the nationwide capital.
Jalandhar Cantt legislator Pargat Singh, thought-about near social gathering’s state unit chief Navjot Sidhu, is Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee common secretary.
Channi was summoned to Delhi by the Congress excessive command on Friday to debate the cabinet formation. The go to got here inside hours of him getting back from the nationwide capital.
A complete of 18 MLAs might be included within the cabinet, together with Chief Minister Channi and two of his deputies Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni.
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