SHIMLA, March 26: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today retained several important portfolios, including Home and Finance, and allocated Public Works, Multipurpose Projects and Power to his coalition partner and Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC) president Sukh Ram.
The lone Independent Ramesh Chaudhary was given Irrigation and Public Health Ministry which he had held in the 18-day Congress ministry which resigned on March 24.