Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday allocated portfolios to Ministers. Mann has kept the Home department while Harpal Singh Cheema has been given the Finance. Cheema, a legislator from Dirba, will present the first Budget of the AAP government soon.
Ten AAP MLAs, including a woman, were inducted into the Bhagwant Mann-led Cabinet in Punjab on March 19. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 10 ministers at a ceremony at the Guru Nanak Dev auditorium in Punjab Raj Bhawan.
There are 18 berths in the Cabinet, including the Chief Minister, but Bhagwant Mann has gone for a lean cabinet. Mann had taken oath the CM of Punjab on March 16.
Punjab Ministers' portfolio distribution:
1. Bhagwant Mann - Chief Minister, Home
2. Harpal Singh Cheema - Finance
3. Harbhajan Singh - Power
4. Vijay Singla - Health
5. Lal Chand - Food and Supply
6. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer - Education
7. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal - Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
8. Laljit Singh Bhullar - Transport
9. Bram Shanker Jimpa - Water and Disaster
10. Harjot Singh Bains - Law, Tourism
11. Baljit Kaur - Social Security, Women and Child Development
The Aam Aadmi Party bagged 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, decimating the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine, and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance.
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