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Cabinet expansion highlights: Punjab, UP get new ministers ahead of polls
Cabinet expansion in Punjab, UP Live Updates: Uttar Pradesh and Punjab to expand cabinet ahead of polls.
Two poll-bound states Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are slated to expand their cabinet on Sunday. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is likely to induct more than five new faces to the cabinet. Channi who took office last week finalised on the new set of ministers after several rounds of consultations with Congress high command....Read More
Uttar Pradesh is also going to get a new set of ministers today. The cabinet expansion is scheduled to be held in the evening. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to induct seven new faces ahead of the legislative assembly elections which are scheduled to be held next year.
4 MLAs take oath as ministers of state
Palturam, Sangeeta Balwant, Sanjeev Kumar, and Dinesh Khatik took oath in presence of governor Anandi Ben Patel.
After Jitin Prasada, MLA Chhatarpal Gangwar takes oath
The Baheri MLA is now part of the Yogi Adityanath's cabinet.
UP cabinet expansion begins
Ex-Congress leader Jitin Prasada takes oath as cabinet minister.
Congress Punjab in-charge calls new cabinet balanced
Harish Rawat called the new cabinet ‘balanced’.
Punjab cabinet expansion completed. 7 fresh faces inducted
Among all 15 sworn in as cabinet ministers, 8 ministers retained from the former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh's cabinet. 7 fresh faces inducted in Channi's new cabinet.
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Gurkirat Kotli take oath
Gidderbaha MLA Amrinder Singh Raja Warring takes oath as cabinet minister, Kotli was the last to take oath.
Pargat Singh, close to Navjot Singh Sidhu, take oath
Pargat Singh, who was also among those who rebelled against Captain Amarinder Singh, Punjab former chief minister, also took oath as cabinet minister.
Raj Kumar Verka and Sangat Singh Gilzian take oath
Verka ahead of taking oath as a state cabinet minister said he wishes to fulfil the hopes of the people.
3 MLAs take oath as cabinet minister
Vijay Inder Singla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Randeep Singh Nabha took oath as cabinet ministers.
Razia Sultana takes oath as cabinet minister
Malerkotla MLA Razia Sultana takes oath as cabinet minister.
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria who represents Raja Sansi takes oath
Along with Sarkaria, controversial MLA Gurjit Singh Rana also takes oath as Punjab cabinet minister. Rana Gurjit Singh is Kapurthala MLA and his return to the state cabinet was opposed by several Doaba leaders. He was a minister in the Amarinder govt and had to resign after 10 months in 2018 was earlier removed for his alleged connection to the sand mining auction.
Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary take oath as cabinet ministers
Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Aruna Chaudhary who represent Fatehgarh Churian and Dina Nagar respectively have taken their oaths.
Manpreet Singh Badal to take oath next
Manpreet Singh Badal will take oath next. The Congress leader represents Bathinda (Urban)
Oath-taking ceremony begins in Punjab
3 takes oath as new cabinet minister in presence of Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
Randeep Singh Nabha arrives for cabinet expansion
Nabha, who is likely to be inducted, arrived for the cabinet expansion.
Will do nothing but grab money: SAD slams Congress ahead of cabinet expansion
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal also said that they will review every decision taken by the new cabinet.
Jiten Prasada, who left Congress to join BJP, to get cabinet post
Jiten Prasada to be appointed UP cabinet minister plus five state ministers
Amid controversy, Rana Gurjit Singh arrives for cabinet expansion
Rana Gurjit Singh, who is facing opposition from several leaders from his own party, arrives for the oath-taking ceremony. Gurjit Singh who holds power and irrigation portfolio’s was dropped from the Punjab cabinet in the midst of controversy due to sand mine auction. In the letter the MLA’s, said that he was dropped from the cabinet in January 2018 due to the infamous mining scandal involving him, his family and his companies directly in the said scandal.
Punjab cabinet expansion - Who all are likely to be inducted?
Navtej Singh Cheema from Sultanpur Lodhi, Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Bholath, Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal from Phagwara, Bawa Henry from Jalandhar (north) and Pawan Adiya from Sham Chaurasi are supposed to included to the Punjab cabinet.
New UP ministers to hold post for 150 days
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet expansion could be the shortest ever expansion undertaken by any government in the state with few months to go for the polls.
No reports of ministers being axed from UP cabinet
The 53-member Yogi ministry may accommodate seven more ministers but there are no reports of ministers being axed.
Uttar Pradesh cabinet reshuffle at 5:30pm
Uttar Pradesh to reshuffle its cabinet at 5:30pm. “At 5.30 pm on Sunday, the expansion of UP government would take place,” a message from the Raj Bhawan confirmed.
Punjab industries minister Sundar Sham Arora thanks Cong leadership
The former Punjab minister vacated the Government House on Saturday and thanked the Congress leadership for giving him a chance to serve the state.
'What did we do wrong': 2 former Punjab ministers ask Cong high command
Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Singh Kangar questioned party high command regarding their names being dropped from the cabinet.
Few Congress leaders oppose inclusion of Rana Gurjit Singh
Rana Gurjit Singh's inclusion in the Punjab cabinet has irked some Congress leaders, reports PTI.
