Six completely new faces have ben included Punjab’s new cupboard.
Chandigarh:
Punjab’s new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as we speak added six new faces to his cupboard and dropped some from his predecessor’s staff. The brand new ministerial staff has 15 members in all. The growth, coming months forward of the state Meeting polls, has already sparked resentment amongst these dropped and in addition over the return of a scandal-tainted MLA dropped earlier.
The ministers taking oath of workplace as we speak are: Brahm Mohindra, Manpreet Singh Badal, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbindr Singh Sarkaria, Rana Gurjeet Singh, Aruna Chaudary, Razia Sultana, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Vijay Inder Singla, Randeep Singh Nabha, Raj Kumar Verka, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Gukrirat Singh Kotli.
Brahm Mohindra, a outstanding Hindu, is the senior-most chief of the Punjab Congress. He’s older than even former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh when it comes to affiliation with the social gathering. He was Native Our bodies Minister in Mr Singh’s cupboard.
Mr Nabha, Mr Verka, Mr Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Mr Warring, and Mr Kotli are fully new to the job.
The induction of Mr Kotli, grandson of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, was opposed by the opposition events Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Admi Social gathering. He had confronted trial within the 1994 case of abduction and molestation of a French vacationer, however was acquitted in 1999.
Rana Gurjeet Singh, however, was a part of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s staff earlier however was dropped in January 2018 following a sand mining scandal involving him and his household. He’s among the many richest MLAs of Punjab.
Hours forward of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for as we speak, six MLAs wrote to state Congress chief Navjot Sidhu to protest the “proposed inclusion” of Mr Singh within the new cupboard.
“All of us request you to instantly drop Rana Gurjeet Singh from the proposed cupboard growth and as a substitute embrace a clear Dalit face in view of the upcoming election,” the MLAs wrote.
Resentment was not restricted to the matter of his inclusion, although. A few of these dropped from the staff, too, have expressed their disappointment.
“What was my mistake? I need to ask the social gathering excessive command why my identify was not thought-about for the brand new cupboard. My exemplary work throughout Covid was even quoted by an MP within the Canadian Parliament,” stated outgoing state Well being Minister Balbir Sidhu.
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Who must be a Minister or shouldn’t be is CM’s prerogative.
Nevertheless I’m constrained to level out that @BalbirSinghMLA ( Sidhu Sahib) as Well being Minister went approach past name of responsibility throughout the worst days of COVID-19.His selflessness was unparalleled.— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) September 26, 2021
Gurpreet Singh Kangar, dropped as Income Minister, too, sought to offer vent to his “anguish”.
Chief Minister Channi and social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi met by way of a video name on Saturday, social gathering insiders stated, to finalise the brand new record. The 2 have met thrice in New Delhi since Mr Channi took oath final week, changing into Punjab’s first ever Dalit Sikh Chief Minister.
