Bhupesh Baghel effects cabinet reshuffle ahead of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls
India TV NewsCabinet reshuffle: Poll-bound Chhattisgarh witnessed a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, ahead of the Assembly elections due year-end. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel reshuffled his cabinet following the induction of former state Congress chief Mohan Markam as a minister. 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 which he already held. Chief Minister Baghel earlier held the Energy department. Markam has been assigned the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, and Minorities Development departments, which was earlier held by Presmsai Singh Tekam who resigned on Thursday.