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Updates: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet’s 10 ministers take oath at grand event

  • Harjot Singh Bains takes oath as Cabinet Minister
  • Brahm Shankar Jimpa takes oath as Cabinet Minister
  • Laljit Singh Bhullar, a first time MLA from Patti takes oath as Cabinet Minister.
  • Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who is MLA from Ajnala takes oath as Cabinet Minister.
  • Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who is MLA from Ajnala takes oath as Cabinet Minister.
  • Youngest leader Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer takes oath as Cabinet Minister
  • Oath-taking ceremony of ten ministers begins
  • Oath taking ceremony of ten ministers begins. Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya are present on the occasion
  • Lal Chand Kataruchak, MLA from Bhoa takes oath as Cabinet Minister

Ten Punjab ministers in Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet are taking oath on Saturday at a grand event in Chandigarh. Mann, 48, was sworn in as the 17th chief minister of Punjab on Wednesday in a huge ceremony at Khatkar Kalan, freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village. He revealed the names of ten ministers in the new Punjab cabinet on Friday in a tweet.

At Saturday’s event, the MLAs – taking oath as ministers – were photographed with their families. Mann’s daughter Seerat Kaur and son Dilshan Mann also attended the event in Chandigarh. They were seen waving to the cameras. The chief minister – in line with the Aam Aadmi Party’s motto – has promised a corruption free state. Dirba MLA Harpal Cheema, Mansa MLA Dr Vijay Singla, Brahm Shankar Jimpa – elected from Hoshiarpur, Jandiala’s Harbhajan Singh and Anandpur Sahib legislator Harpal Singh Cheema were among those who attended the event with their families. The new cabinet ministers are said to belong to different professions. Dr Baljit Kaur, the MLA from Malaut, is the only female minister among those sworn in on Saturday. Lal Chand, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, and Laljit Singh Bhullar are other leaders who constitute the Mann cabinet.

Harpal Singh Cheema was the first leader to oath of office, Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh, Dr Vijay Singla, Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Brahm Shankar Jimpa and others.