AAP MLA Sanjeev Arora inducted in Cabinet as Industry, NRI Affairs minister, Kuldeep Dhaliwal out

With Dhaliwal’s resignation, the full fig of ministers successful Bhagwant Mann furniture remains astatine 16, 2 inactive vacant

Sanjeev Arora, recently elected AAP MLA from Ludhiana West, has been allocated the portfolio of Department of Industry and Department of NRI Affairs.

Meanwhile, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who held the portfolio of NRI Affairs, has submitted his resignation.

Industry section was earlier with Tarunpreet Singh Sond, who volition proceed to person complaint of Rural Development, Labour and Tourism departments.

With Dhaliwal’s resignation, the full fig of ministers successful Bhagwant Mann furniture remains astatine 16. Two berths successful the Cabinet proceed to stay vacant.

Arora was earlier administered the oath of bureau and secrecy by the Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria astatine Punjab Raj Bhawan.

With his induction, this is the seventh enlargement of Punjab Cabinet during the implicit 3 twelvemonth AAP regime.

The ceremony, which was conducted by Chief Secretary, Punjab, KAP Sinha, lasted for conscionable six minutes. It began with the singing of the National Anthem, followed by the Governor administering oath to the caller minister. The ceremonial ended with a rendition of the National Anthem.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, his woman Gurpreet Kaur Mann, and galore different ministers and dignitaries were contiguous astatine the oath taking ceremony.