Suspense continued on members of Punjab cabinet; new team to take oath on Sunday

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Suspense continued on members of Punjab cabinet; new team to take oath on Sunday

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

Suspense remains continued in Punjab as who will be the new minister. As per reports the new cabinet was expected to be announced by today afternoon, after the chief minister came back from Delhi to Chandigarh. But, still the suspense continues.

A few minutes ago Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi along with deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa met the Governor of Punjab and seeks an appointment for cabinet expansion. The governor has given 4:30 pm time on Sunday. So the cabinet expansion, once again put on hold till September 26,2021, 4:30 pm.

As of now, no official list has been released by the Punjab congress, about who is going to be adjusted in the upcoming cabinet expansion. But speculations are made that 7 new faces were included and 5 cabinet ministers were dropped in the cabinet ministry.

Suspense continued on members of Punjab cabinet; new team to take oath on Sunday

Though no official list is given but these MLAs are likely to be included in the new Punjab Cabinet are:

Pargat Singh (Jalandhar Cantt.)

Sangat Singh Gilzian (Urmar-Hoshiarpur)

Gurkirat Singh Kotli (Khanna-Ludhiana)

Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (Giddarbaha-Sri Muktsar Sahib)

Raj Kumar Verka (Amritsar West)

Kuljit Singh Nagra (Fatehgarh Sahib)

Rana Gurjit Singh (Kapurthala)

Vijay Inder Singla (Sangrur)

Razia Sultana (Malerkotla)

Manpreet Singh Badal (Bathinda Urban)

Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa (Fatehgarh Churrian-Gurdaspur)

Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria (Raja Sansi-Amritsar)

Bharat Bhushan Ashu (Ludhiana West)

Brahm Mohindra (Patiala Rural)

Aruna Chaudhary (Dina Nagar-Gurdaspur)

These cabinet ministers are those who were expected to be dropped in the new cabinet

Sadhu Singh Dharamsot (Nabha-Patiala)

Balbir Singh Sidhu (Mohali)

Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi (Guru Harsahai-Ferozepur)

Gurpreet Singh Kangar (Rampura Phul-Bathinda)

Sunder Sham Arora (Hoshiarpur)

September 25,2021