Punjab portfolios announced; CM Mann keeps Home and Vigilance, Cheema gets Finance, Singla Health, Harbhajan Power
Chandigarh, March 21
The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab on Monday announced the portfolios of the newly sworn-in ministers.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has retained the departments of Home, Vigilance and Personnel.
Dirba MLA Harpal Singh Cheema has been allotted the Finance and Revenue departments, while Barnala MLA Gurmeet Meet Hayer has been given Education portfolio.
Dr Vijay Singla has been given the charge of Health, while Dr Baljit Kaur, the lone woman minister in Cabinet, has been given Women Welfare, Child Development and Social Security portfolio.
Harbhajan Singh has been allocated the Power Department, while Lal Chand has been given the charge of the Food and Civil Supplies Department.
Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal will be the state’s Rural Development and Panchayat minister and Laljit Singh Bhullar has been allocated the Transport Department.
Harjot Bains has been given Law and Tourism Departments, while Bram Shanker Jimpa has been given the charge of the Water and Disaster Management Departments.