Ranchi, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Monday allocated portfolios to ministers in his new cabinet, retaining key departments such as Home, Personnel and Cabinet Secretariat.
Former CM Champai Soren was assigned the Department of Water Resources besides the Higher Education and Technical Education portfolios.
JMM's Badiyanath Ram was allotted school education and excise duty.
Congresswoman Deepika Pandey Singh, one of the new faces in the 12-member cabinet, was given the Agriculture, Livestock and Disaster Management portfolios.
Chief Minister Irfan Ansari, also from the Congress, was given the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Rural Works departments.
JMM's Dipak Birua, who belongs to the Ho tribe, was allotted SC, ST, OBC and Transport Welfare departments.
JMM's Bebi Devi, who won the Dumri by-election last year following the death of her husband and former minister Jagannath Mahto, was given the Women and Child Development and Social Welfare portfolios.
Rameshwar Oraon of Congress was given the departments of Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes and Parliamentary Affairs.
Satyanand Bhokta of the RJD was in charge of the Labor and Industry departments, while Banna Gupta of the Congress was in charge of the departments of Health and Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs.
JMM MLA Hafizul Hasan got the portfolios of Minority Welfare, Registration, Urban Development, Tourism and Sports and Youth Affairs. His party colleague Mithilesh Kumar Thakur was assigned the Drinking Water and Sanitation departments.
In addition to keeping the Home, Personnel and Cabinet Secretariat departments, the CM retained the portfolios that were not assigned to anyone.
The new ministers were sworn in on the same day, after Hemant Soren's government won a confidence vote in the assembly amid an opposition strike.
Soren returned as Jharkhand's 13th chief minister on July 4 after being released from jail on bail in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.
He had resigned as CM shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate, following which Champai Soren took charge.
Former CM Champai Soren was assigned the Department of Water Resources besides the Higher Education and Technical Education portfolios.
JMM's Badiyanath Ram was allotted school education and excise duty.
Congresswoman Deepika Pandey Singh, one of the new faces in the 12-member cabinet, was given the Agriculture, Livestock and Disaster Management portfolios.
Chief Minister Irfan Ansari, also from the Congress, was given the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Rural Works departments.
JMM's Dipak Birua, who belongs to the Ho tribe, was allotted SC, ST, OBC and Transport Welfare departments.
JMM's Bebi Devi, who won the Dumri by-election last year following the death of her husband and former minister Jagannath Mahto, was given the Women and Child Development and Social Welfare portfolios.
Rameshwar Oraon of Congress was given the departments of Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes and Parliamentary Affairs.
Satyanand Bhokta of the RJD was in charge of the Labor and Industry departments, while Banna Gupta of the Congress was in charge of the departments of Health and Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs.
JMM MLA Hafizul Hasan got the portfolios of Minority Welfare, Registration, Urban Development, Tourism and Sports and Youth Affairs. His party colleague Mithilesh Kumar Thakur was assigned the Drinking Water and Sanitation departments.
In addition to keeping the Home, Personnel and Cabinet Secretariat departments, the CM retained the portfolios that were not assigned to anyone.
The new ministers were sworn in on the same day, after Hemant Soren's government won a confidence vote in the assembly amid an opposition strike.
Soren returned as Jharkhand's 13th chief minister on July 4 after being released from jail on bail in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.
He had resigned as CM shortly before his arrest on January 31 by the Enforcement Directorate, following which Champai Soren took charge.
