Day after finalising the list of ministers in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s Cabinet, the Congress has now tweaked it following a meeting with AICC leader Rahul Gandhi that continued past Friday midnight. After the list got finalised, Channi met Governor Banwarilal Purohit following which he said 15 ministers in his Cabinet will take oath at 4:30 pm on Sunday.
Sources said that party has been able to reach a consensus on inducting seven MLAs and dropping five from former chief minister Amarinder Singh’s cabinet.
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In the meeting, where Congress leaders KC Venugopal, Harish Rawat, Harish Chaudhary and Ajay Maken were also present, the party reached a consensus on dropping former Health Minister Balbir Sidhu, Revenue Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora, Social Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi.
The meeting also reached a consensus on re-inducting former Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh. He was earlier a minister in Amarinder’s Cabinet but had stepped down after an alleged scam in allotment of sand mines to his ex-employees.
