Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu
Soren tonight retained the charge of Home department and
allotted the key portfolios of Finance and Urban Development
and Housing to his deputy Raghuvar Das of BJP which is a
ruling coalition partner.
As Soren allocated the porfolios among his 12-member
cabinet, four days after expanding his council of ministers,
he retained 14 departments and such other portfolios which
have not been allotted to any one, according to a Raj Bhavan
Communique here.
Das also got charge of Commercial Taxes, Energy and
Parliamentary Affairs.
Soren`s second deputy Sudesh Mahto, who had the Home
portolio in BJP government in 2005, was given Road and
Building Construction, Forest and Environment, Art, Culture,
Sports and Youth Affairs.
The other ministers and their portfolios are:
Hemlal Murmu: HRD, Science and Technology, Industry
Hussain Ansari: Welfare, including Minority Welfare,
Rural Works Department and Panchayati Raj
Chandraprakash Choudhary: Water Resources, Drinking
Water and Sanitation
Mathura Prasad Mahato: Agriculture, Sugarcane
Development, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Rural
Development
Barkuar Gagrai: Food, Public Distribution System and
Consumer Affairs
Nilkanth Singh Munda: Transport, Land and Revenue
Department
Baijnath Ram: Health, Family Planning, Healthcare
Cooperative
Sudhar Choudhary: Social Welfare, Women and Child
Development, Tourism
Umakant Rajjak: Labour and Employment.
PTI
