September 28
Punjab CM Channi allocates Portfolios to Ministers
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi announced the portfolios distributed to the newly appointed cabinet today.
Portfolios of Personnel, Vigilance, General Administration, Justice, Legal and Legislative Affairs, etc, will be with him only.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa was assigned the portfolios of Home Affairs, Cooperation and Jails.
The other Deputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni was allotted the portfolios of Health and Family Welfare, Defence Services Welfare and Freedom Fighters.
Portfolios of Local Government, Parliamentary Affairs, Elections and Removal of Grievances, will be with Senior-most Cabinet minister Brahm Mohindra .
Likewise, Manpreet Singh Badal has been assigned the departments of Finance, Taxation, Governance Reforms, Planning and Programme Implementation.
Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa will be minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development.
Aruna Chaudhary has been assigned the portfolios of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management.
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria has been allotted the portfolios of Water Resources and Housing and Urban Development
Rana Gurjeet Singh was assigned the departments of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Employment Generation and Training, Horticulture and Soil and Water Conservation.
Razia Sultana has been allotted the portfolios of Water Supply and Sanitation, Social Security, Women and Child Development and Printing and Stationery, while Vijay Inder Singla given the charge of Public Works and Administrative Reforms.
Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been given the portfolio of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.
Among the the first-timer, Cabinet minister Randeep Singh Nabha became the minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Food Processing; Raj Kumar Verka-minister of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities, New and Renewable Energy Sources; Sangat Singh Gilzian- minister of Forests, Wildlife and Labour; Pargat Singh-minister of School and Higher Education, Sports and NRI Affairs; Amarinder Singh Raja Warring- minister of Transport and Gurkirat Singh Kotli became minister for the departments of Industries and Commerce, Information Technology and Science and Technology.
