Punjab cabinet formed; some new faces replaced old faces
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The much awaited Punjab cabinet has finally been formed . A list of 15 MLAs has been cleared by party supremo Rahul Gandhi, that took oath as cabinet ministers.
Now, the new Punjab cabinet will consists of Charanjit Singh Channi as chief minister, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni as deputy chief ministers and 15 MLAs as cabinet ministers. As per the list 7 faces included in this list. Five cabinet ministers were dropped from the new list. The list also include the members of PPCC. The list includes 3 ministers from Doaba, 4 from Majha and 8 from Malwa. Besides them, both deputy chief ministers represent Majha area and chief minister is from Malwa area.
Amritsar and Gurdaspur gets three minister each in the new cabinet as OP Soni, Raj Kumar Verka, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria are from Amritsar district and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Aruna Chaudhary and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa comes from Gurdaspur.
Punjab cabinet formed; some new faces replaced old faces. Those MLAs who were 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)
Kaka Randeep Singh Nabha (Amloh-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)
Those who dropped are
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)
Today these leaders took oath as per their seniority in the cabinet.
Brahm Mohindra was the first person who took oath. Manpreet Singh Badal came next after Brahm Mohindra . After Manpreet Singh Badal Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa,than Aruna Chaudhary , Sukhbinder Singh Sukhsarkaria, Rana Gurjit Singh, Razia Sultana, Vijay inder Singla,Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Kaka Randeep Singh, Raj Kumar Verka, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Gurkirat Singh Kotli took their oath.
September 26,2021
