UP Cabinet: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has split the portfolios of seven new ministers. CM gave this information by tweeting. Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada was assigned the Department of Technical Education. Jitin Prasada left Congress and joined the BJP a few months ago. Since then, there has been speculation about making him a minister.
Minister of State Paltu Ram received the Ministry of Welfare of Sainik, Home Guard, Prantiya Rakshak Dal and Civil Defense, Minister of State Dr. Sangeeta Balwant received the Ministry of Cooperation, Minister of State Dharamveer Prajapati received the Ministry of Industrial Development. Minister of State Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar is responsible for the Ministry of Revenue, Minister of State Sanjeev Kumar has the Ministry of Social Welfare and Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Minister of State Dinesh Khatik has responsibility for Jal Shakti and the Ministry of Flood Control.
The CM tweeted and said: “All of the new members who joined the Uttar Pradesh cabinet yesterday have responsibility for the departments today. I am sure that under the able, experienced and hardworking guidance of all of you, the relevant department will reach new heights of development. Best wishes to all of you for a successful tenure.”(UP Cabinet)
Seven ministers were sworn in on Sunday in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. In the selection of ministers, keeping in mind the equation of castes and regions, the state assembly elections to be held early next year have been taken into account. Of the seven new ministers appointed to the state, three belong to the backward classes, three to the Dalit group and one to the Brahmin community. This is the third cabinet expansion of the Bharatiya Janata Party government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh.
