New Punjab Cabinet to take oath tomorrow, CM Bhagwant Mann lists his ministers

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Chandigarh, Mar 18, 2022: Days after Bhagwant Mann took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab, all eyes are on his new Cabinet which will be formed on Saturday. A total of ten ministers will be administered an oath by the Governor.

 

The Cabinet expansion ceremony will be held at 11am on March 19 in Chandigarh. Soon after the swearing-in, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will chair his first Cabinet meeting at 12:30 pm.

Mann took to Twitter to congratulate the leaders who will take the oath of office as ministers on Saturday. He also said that his Cabinet would work hard for the people of the state and promised to provide an honest government for Punjab.

Here’s a list of the ministers who will be taking oath during the Punjab cabinet expansion ceremony:

    * Harpal Singh Cheema
    * Dr Baljit Kaur
    * Harbhajan Singh ETO
    * Dr Vijay Singla
    * Lal Chand Kataruchak
    * Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
    * Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal
    * Laljit Singh Bhullar
    * Bram Shanker (Jimpa)
    * Harjot Singh Bains

On March 16, Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab Chief Minister at a mega event in Punjab’s Khatkar Kalan, Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village. The next day, all newly-elected MLAs took oath as members of the Legislative Assembly. The legislators were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Protem Speaker Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar.

"Sworn-in as MLA in Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The Aam Aadmi Party government will bring a new change in Punjab for which the people have chosen us. Our government will be known as the most honest government of Punjab," Mann had tweeted.

In his first official decision as Punjab CM, Mann, who had promised that he would not "waste a day", announced the launch of an anti-corruption helpline. He said the helpline number will be launched on March 23, the death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

The AAP registered a landslide victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

Courtesy: India Today