Portfolio allocation to new ministers in U.P.: OP Rajbhar gets three depts, Chauhan prisons
Hindustan TimesUttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday allocated portfolios to his four newly sworn-in cabinet ministers, giving panchayati raj, minority welfare besides Muslim Waqf and Haj departments to Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. Other new ministers allocated portfolios include BJP MLC Dara Singh Chauhan who has been made minister for prisons, Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Anil Kumar who gets science and technology and BJP’s Sunil Kumar Sharma who is now minister for information technology and electronics. Minister of state Dharamvir Prajapati has been divested of the prison department’s portfolio and now given charge of the civil defence department which was also with Dharam Pal Singh till now. Under the new allocation of portfolios, minister of state Ajit Pal will now remain attached to minister for science and technology Anil Kumar and minister for electronics and information technology Sunil Kumar Sharma.