Pb Channi allocates portfolios to ministers Dy CM Randhawa gets home
Chandigarh Sep 28 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday allocated portfolios to the new ministers keeping 14 departments with himself and giving home affairs to deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and health to other deputy O P SoniChanni who along with his two deputies took oath as the chief minister on September 20 gave agriculture to first time minister Randeep Singh Nabha and transport to another new face — Amarinder Singh Raja WarringThe announcement of allocation of portfolios came two days after 15 ministers were inducted into the cabinetThe chief minister will hold key departments like vigilance personnel power excise mining and geology environment and civil aviationBesides he will also hold investment promotion hospitality tourism and cultural affairs general administration justice legal and legislative affairs information and public relationsRandhawa was also allotted cooperation and jails departments which he held in the previous Amarinder Singh-led governmentIn addition to health and family affairs Soni has also been given defence services welfare and freedom fighters according to the list of portfolios allottedSome ministers including Manpreet Singh Badal have retained their portfolios in the Channi-led governmentBrahm Mohindra considered close to Amarinder Singh retained the local government parliamentary affairs elections and removal of grievances departments He held the same portfolios in the Amarinder Singh-led cabinetManpreet Singh Badal has retained the department of finance He will also hold the governance reforms planning and programme implementation departments Badal has been given an additional portfolio of taxationTript Rajinder Singh Bajwa has retained his rural and panchayats animal husbandry fisheries and dairy development departmentsAruna Chaudhary got revenue rehabilitation and disaster management departments earlier held by Gurpreet Kangar who was dropped when the new cabinet under Channi took oathSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria got water resources housing and urban development though mining will now be held by the chief ministerRazia Sultana will hold water supply and sanitation social security women and child development printing and stationery departmentsShe used to hold the transport department earlierBharat Bhushan Ashu will retain food civil supplies and consumer affairs departmentsVijay Inder Singla will hold the Public Works Department but the school education and higher education departments he held earlier have been allotted to new entrant Pargat Singh who will also be the new sports minister Pargat Singh will also hold the NRI affairs department Among the other new entrants Randeep Singh Nabha will hold the agriculture and farmers welfare and food processing departmentsRana Gurjit Singh got technical education and industrial training departments which were held by Channi during Amarinder Singhs tenureGurjit Singh will also hold the horticulture employment generation and training and soil and water conservation departmentsAnother new face — Raj Kumar Verka — will hold the social justice empowerment and minorities medical education and research departmentsSangat Singh Gilzian will be the forests wildlife and labour minister while Gurkirat Singh Kotli will hold the industries and commerce information technology and science and technology departmentsIn the previous cabinet departments like home power and agriculture were held by Amarinder SinghThe Congress had recently picked Channi as the leader of the states Congress Legislative PartyAmarinder Singh had resigned as the chief minister after being locked in a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu PTI SUN CHS VSD RHL
Chandigarh Sep 28 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday allocated portfolios to the new ministers keeping 14 departments with himself and giving home affairs to deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and health to other deputy O P SoniChanni who along with his two deputies took oath as the chief minister on September 20 gave agriculture to first time minister Randeep Singh Nabha and transport to another new face — Amarinder Singh Raja WarringThe announcement of allocation of portfolios came two days after 15 ministers were inducted into the cabinetThe chief minister will hold key departments like vigilance personnel power excise mining and geology environment and civil aviationBesides he will also hold investment promotion hospitality tourism and cultural affairs general administration justice legal and legislative affairs information and public relationsRandhawa was also allotted cooperation and jails departments which he held in the previous Amarinder Singh-led governmentIn addition to health and family affairs Soni has also been given defence services welfare and freedom fighters according to the list of portfolios allottedSome ministers including Manpreet Singh Badal have retained their portfolios in the Channi-led governmentBrahm Mohindra considered close to Amarinder Singh retained the local government parliamentary affairs elections and removal of grievances departments He held the same portfolios in the Amarinder Singh-led cabinetManpreet Singh Badal has retained the department of finance He will also hold the governance reforms planning and programme implementation departments Badal has been given an additional portfolio of taxationTript Rajinder Singh Bajwa has retained his rural and panchayats animal husbandry fisheries and dairy development departmentsAruna Chaudhary got revenue rehabilitation and disaster management departments earlier held by Gurpreet Kangar who was dropped when the new cabinet under Channi took oathSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria got water resources housing and urban development though mining will now be held by the chief ministerRazia Sultana will hold water supply and sanitation social security women and child development printing and stationery departmentsShe used to hold the transport department earlierBharat Bhushan Ashu will retain food civil supplies and consumer affairs departmentsVijay Inder Singla will hold the Public Works Department but the school education and higher education departments he held earlier have been allotted to new entrant Pargat Singh who will also be the new sports minister Pargat Singh will also hold the NRI affairs department Among the other new entrants Randeep Singh Nabha will hold the agriculture and farmers welfare and food processing departmentsRana Gurjit Singh got technical education and industrial training departments which were held by Channi during Amarinder Singhs tenureGurjit Singh will also hold the horticulture employment generation and training and soil and water conservation departmentsAnother new face — Raj Kumar Verka — will hold the social justice empowerment and minorities medical education and research departmentsSangat Singh Gilzian will be the forests wildlife and labour minister while Gurkirat Singh Kotli will hold the industries and commerce information technology and science and technology departmentsIn the previous cabinet departments like home power and agriculture were held by Amarinder SinghThe Congress had recently picked Channi as the leader of the states Congress Legislative PartyAmarinder Singh had resigned as the chief minister after being locked in a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu PTI SUN CHS VSD RHL
