This Article is From Jul 22, 2016

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Inducts 3 New Ministers

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Inducts 3 New Ministers

Manohar Lal Khattar has expanded his cabinet for the first time inducting three new ministers.

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today effected a reshuffle in his cabinet by inducting one Cabinet-rank minister and two ministers of state with Independent charge, taking its strength to 14.

Faridabad legislator Vipul Goyal was inducted as a Cabinet-rank minister, while legislators Munish Grover from Rohtak and Banwari Lal from Bawal got the Minister of State rank with Independent Charge.

Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki administered oath to the three new ministers.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state Finance Minister Abhimanyu and state Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma were present on the occasion.

However, the new ministers have not been allotted portfolios yet.

To accommodate the new ministers, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering Ghanshyam Saraf and Minister of State for Cooperation Bikram Thekedar have resigned from their posts.

Before the induction of the new ministers, the Manohar Lal Khattar government had 13 ministers, including the chief minister.

Nine months after assuming office (in October, 2014), Mr Khattar had expanded his cabinet for the first time inducting three new ministers.

Since then, apart from the chief minister, there were seven cabinet ministers, two ministers of state with independent charge and three ministers of state.

Besides, there were four Chief Parliamentary Secretaries. The state government can have a maximum of 14 ministers.
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