Shams Ur Rehman Alavi
NewsBits.in
Bhopal: Former national president of Bajrang Dal, Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya has been given Higher education portfolio in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet.
Pavaiya, a hardliner, was inducted in the State cabinet just two days ago. Bhupendra Singh has been given the important Home portfolio.
Yashodhara Raje Scindia has been cut to size as the important Commerce and Industries portfolio was taken from her, though most of the other ministers retained their key portfolios.
Rustam Singh is the new health minister, Archna Chitnis given women and child welfare, Vijay Shah gets school education, Maya Singh given Urban Administration and Sanjay Pathak gets medium and small industries.
The ministers and their portfolios include Umashankar Gupta who has been given Revenue, Science and Technology, Paras Chandra Jain gets Energy, Rajendra Shukla gets Mineral Resources, Commerce and NRIs Affairs.
Minister of State with independent charge Vishwas Sarang will look after Cooperative, Bhopal gas tragedy relief apart from Panchayat and Rural development.
For complete list of the cabinet ministers and ministers of states along with their portfolio, go to the government's official website www.mpinfo.org
