Punjab Cabinet expansion; here is tentative list of ministers

Punjab Cabinet expansion: Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, in consultation with the Congress high command, has finalised the list of new ministers.

Charanjit Singh Channi met the Governor at 12:30 pm on Saturday to inform him about the development. The oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers will take place at 4.30 pm at Raj Bhawan on Sunday (September 26).

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The development comes hours after Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi returned from Delhi after a final round of discussion with the party high command on the Punjab Cabinet expansion.

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Ministers retained

Charanjit Singh Channi (CM); Sukhjinder Randhawa (Deputy CM), OP Soni (Deputy CM); Manpreet Singh Badal; Brahm Mohindra; Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa; Razia Sultana; Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria; Bharat Bhushan Ashu; Aruna Chaudhary and Vijay Inder Singla.

New faces 

Pargat Singh; Raj Kumar Verka; Gurkirat Singh Kotli; Sangat Singh Giljian; Kuljit Singh Nagra; Rana Gurjit Singh and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.

Left out

Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora.

-PTC News