Punjab Cabinet expansion: Anmol Gagan gets tourism; Indervir Nijjar local bodies, Chetan Singh health

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 5

Five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators were on Monday inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his cabinet.

Below is the list of allotment of portfolios to the new ministers:

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to AAP MLAs Aman Arora, Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Fauja Singh Sarari, Chetan Singh Jourmajra and Anmol Gagan Mann at the Guru Nanak Dev Auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.

Anmol Gagan Mann is the second woman minister in Mann's cabinet. This is the first cabinet expansion of the Mann-led government after the AAP stormed to power in Punjab after the state polls held earlier this year.

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