Nine New Ministers in Hooda Govt Get Portfolios
Portfolios were allotted to the newly inducted Haryana ministers on Saturday with finance ministry going to six-time Congress MLA Ajay Yadav. Besides, independents also received some key ministries.
Governor Jagan Nath Pahadia allocated the portfolios to the newly sworn in nine ministers, six of them given cabinet ranks and three ministers of state.
Official spokesman said that of nine ministers, five are from Congress and four Independents.
He said that Ajay Singh Yadav would hold the portfolios of Finance, Planning, Institutional Finance and Credit Control,Irrigation, Forests and Environment. Finance portfolio was handled in previous government by senior Congress leader Birender Singh, who lost the October 13 state assembly elections.
According to reports, the portfolios of Water Supply and Sanitation, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics and Information Technology, Science and Technology and Public Works (Building and Roads) Department have been given to another senior leader Randeep Singh Surjewala.
Mahender Partap Singh would hold the portfolios of Power, Renewable Energy,Labour and Employment, Food and Supplies, Urban Local Bodies and Industries and Commerce. Om Parkash Jain, Independent MLA from Panipat Rural, has been rewarded with the portfolios of Transport, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Hospitality.
