After hectic lobbyingand meetings with Congress High Command, Punjab CM Charanjit Channi has finallydecided the names of new cabinet ministers. Punjab CM is expected to meet the Governorthis afternoon, and the formal announcement will be made soon.
As per information, five of Captain Amarinder’s closeaides were dropped from the cabinet.
The ministers who were reportedly dropped include SunderSham Arora, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Rana Gurmit Sodhi andGurpreet Singh Kangar.
Meanwhile, Manpreet Singh Badal, Tripat Rajinder SinghBajwa, Aruna Chaudhary, Razia Sultana, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Vijay InderSingla, Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Tript Rajinder Bajwa are the ministers in thecabinet of newly appointed Punjab CM.
Besides, Pargat Singh, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurkirat SinghKotli, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Kuljit SinghNagra are among the new faces to be inducted.
It is being learnt that the new batch of ministers havebeen finalised considering social engineering and caste combinations as Punjabwill go for polls in few months.
Moreover, sources say former PPCC President Sunil Jakharhas played a key role in finalizing the list of new ministers.