New Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi varieties cabinet, drops 5 ministers

After Charanjit Singh Channi was made the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 20, he shaped his cabinet as we speak. On September 26, 15 Cabinet Ministers took oath as new ministers in Punjab. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had taken oath as new Chief Minister on September 20 following the resignation of former CM Captain Amarinder Singh. The oath-taking ceremony of the brand new Cabinet Ministers came about at Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh, within the presence of governor Banwarilal Purohit.
Congress MLAs Brahm Mohindra and Manpreet Singh Badal take oath as Cabinet ministers of Punjab Govt, at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/hbInrGHcNG— ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2021
Rounds of discussions came about after Channi’s oath-taking ceremony to finalise the names of the brand new ministers. The newly elected CM of Punjab visited Delhi a number of occasions to fulfill the celebration excessive command to debate the names of the ministers after his swearing-in ceremony.
The fifteen ministers who took oath on Sunday are Brahm Mohindra, Manpreet Singh Badal, Tripti Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Rana Gurjit 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.
MLAs Raj Kumar Verka, Sangat Gilzian, Pargat Singh, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Gurkirat Kotli additionally took as minister in Punjab Government at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh— ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2021
There are seven new faces within the cabinet, whereas eight ministers from Amarinder Singh’s cabinet retained the positions of ministers. Six ministers out of latest faces have by no means held a place of a minister, whereas Rana Gurjit Singh had been a minister earlier than. Congress chief in control of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat mentioned, “Those who could not be made ministers today will be accommodated in government setup and organisation. This exercise has been done to bring in young faces and strike a social and regional balance.”
The former ministers who had been dropped from the brand new cabinet are Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Sunder Shyam Arora, Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Kangar. Two of these ministers who received dropped from Amarinder Singh’s cabinet questioned the choice. In a joint press convention, Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Singh Kangar raised objections to the choice and requested what was their fault that their names had been dropped. Tiwari, replying to the controversy, mentioned it was the Chief Minister’s resolution to incorporate and exclude names from the record of ministers. However, he did reward former well being minister Balbir Singh for his “exemplary work during worst days of Covid”.
It is believed that the brand new cabinet has been shaped whereas maintaining the upcoming meeting elections in thoughts. Though Channi, the primary Dalit CM of Punjab, will run the federal government for the subsequent few months, reviews counsel that the elections could be fought below the management of Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Interestingly, within the new cabinet, Congress has performed effectively with the caste calculations by together with representatives from minorities, OBC, Jat Sikhs and Valmiki communities.
The controversy round Rana Gurjit Singh
Just earlier than the ceremony, six MLAs had raised objections on together with Rana Gurjit Singh as a cabinet minister. Notably, he was dropped from the cabinet in 2018 when his identify emerged in a mining scandal. The six leaders within the letter written to Sidhu demanded the place mustn’t go to Rana however to a Dalit chief with a clear picture. However, their objections didn’t make any distinction.