Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, September 23-
In Punjab, the cabinet has been changed for the fourth time in a span of two and a half years under the Aam Aadmi Party government led by CM Bhagwant Mann.This time five new faces have been made ministers. Among these, MLAs Tarunpreet Singh, Barinder Goyal, Hardeep Mundiya, Dr. Ravjot Singh and Mohinder Bhagat have taken oath. After the change in the cabinet, the departments of many ministers were also changed.
Tarunpreet Singh Sond has been given the portfolios of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Investment Promotion, Labour, Hospitality, Industry and Commerce and Rural Development and Panchayats.Barinder Kumar Goyal has been given the portfolios of Mines and Geology, Water Resources and Conservation of Land and Water.Hardeep Mundia has been given the departments of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, Housing and Urban Development.Whereas Dr. Ravjot Singh has been made the Minister of Local Government and Parliamentary Affairs. Mohinder Bhagat has been made the Minister of Defense Services Welfare, Freedom Fighters and Horticulture Department.