Haryana ministry allocation: CM Saini keeps home, excise and revenue with him

Saini along with his five cabinet colleagues – Kanwar Pal Gurjar, Mool Chand Sharma, Ranjit Singh Chautala, J P Dalal and Dr Banwari Lal – had taken oath on March 12 after a sudden change in the political leadership in the state.

Ten days after the formation of his government, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini late on Friday distributed the portfolios among his cabinet colleagues while keeping important ministries including home and revenue with him.

Saini along with his five cabinet colleagues – Kanwar Pal Gurjar, Mool Chand Sharma, Ranjit Singh Chautala, J P Dalal and Dr Banwari Lal – had taken oath on March 12 after a sudden change in the political leadership in the state. Then, the BJP leadership had replaced the then Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with Saini while snapping ties with the JJP of the then deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala.

In its cabinet expansion, which took place on March 19, the Chief Minister had included eight more colleagues—one cabinet minister (Dr Kamal Gupta) and seven MOS (independent charge)—while filling all vacancies in the ministry.

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Senior leader Anil Vij, who was looking after important portfolios of home and health in the Khattar-led BJP-JJP alliance government, was not included in the Saini cabinet.

Now, Saini has kept home portfolio with him. He will also look after the revenue department which was being looked after by Dushyant Chautala during the BJP-JJP alliance government.

Who gets what

Nayab Singh Saini: Home, revenue and disaster management, excise and taxation, youth empowerment, information, public relations, languages and culture, mines and geology, foreign cooperation
Kanwar Pal Gurjar: Agriculture and farmers welfare, animal husbandry, fisheries, heritage and tourism, parliamentary affairs
Mool Chand Sharma: Industry and commerce, labour, food civil supplies and consumer affairs, elections
Ranjit Singh Chautala: Energy and jails
JP Dalal: Finance, town and country planning, archives
Banwari Lal: Public health, public works (building and roads), architecture
Dr Kamal Gupta: Health, medical education, aayush, civil aviation.