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Punjab Cabinet expansion: After 15 Congress MLAs took oath as Cabinet ministers, Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat on Sunday assured berth to those who were left-out.
Harish Rawat, after expansion of Punjab Cabinet, said that "Those who could not be made ministers today will be accommodated in the Govt setup and the organization. This exercise has been done to bring in young faces & strike a social and regional balance."
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Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit administered oath to 15 Congress MLAs out of which six are completely new.
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The 15 MLAs who took oath today as Punjab Cabinet Ministers are Brahm Mohindra, Manpreet Singh Badal, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder 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.
Ahead of Punjab cabinet expansion, six MLAs had written to state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to not include Rana Gurjeet Singh in the new cabinet.
However, the resentment by Congress MLAs didn't restricted his inclusion.
Likewise, Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Singh Kangar questioned the High Command for their ouster as Cabinet ministers.
"What was my mistake? I want to ask the party high command why my name was not considered for the new cabinet," said Sidhu.
-PTC News-
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