In a ministerial reshuffle, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shifted Babul Supriyo from the tourism department and gave him the charges of Information Technology and renewable energy.
The expected cabinet reshuffle is touted as the largest rejigging by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since 2021 and several ministers are likely to be dropped.
According to an official notification, newly-appointed deputy chief minister TS Singh Deo has been assigned one more department - Energy - along with Public Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, 20-point implementation and Commercial Taxes (GST) which he already held.
The Council of Ministers' meeting will be held days before the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in the third week of July.
This will be Patnaik’s second Cabinet reshuffle in his fifth term as the chief minister of the state.
Arjun Ram Meghwal new law minister: He will be replacing incumbent Kiren Rijiju who has been assigned to the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: The TMC underwent a major organisational overhaul on Monday as the leadership of 16 out of the 35 organisational districts was changed.
Patnaik who recently completed 23 years in office apparently wanted to give a new look to his ministry before the 2024 elections to the Lok Sabha and Assembly, analysts said.
Speaking to reporters, Bommai said that the matter of cabinet expansion has been discussed with party President J.P. Nadda already.
Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to 25 members of the Cabinet at a public function near the state Secretariat in capital city Amaravati.
Sources said that only four of the incumbent ministers may retain their positions.
CM Ashok Gehlot will be keeping the Home, Taxation, DOP, GAD, Cabinet Secretariat, NRI, Rajasthan state investigation Bureau, DIPR, IT & Communication, and Finance ministries.
The Congress MLAs who have been appointed advisors are Jitendra Singh, Rajkumar Sharma and Danish Abrar.
Fifteen new Rajasthan ministers took oath on Sunday at the Raj Bhavan as part of the Cabinet reshuffle.
The chief minister said that his government in the last 35 months has worked to deliver transparent, sensible and good governance and had taken the state forward on the path of development, despite adverse circumstances.
Rajasthan Cabinet's expansion is scheduled to take place today with the oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers at the Governor's house.
CM Gehlot's cabinet expansion is all set to take place on Sunday with the oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers at the Governor's house.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot's 'loyalists' MLAs Hemaram Choudhary, Murari Lal Meena, Zahida Khan, Rajendra Singh Gudha and Brijendra Ola, were part of the cabinet of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after the reshuffle.
Although it has not yet been decided which new faces will be included in the cabinet, the process of reaching out to a large number of Congress MLAs in Jaipur started last Friday evening.
The three ministers are - Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary, Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma, and Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra.
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