Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati keeps plum portfolios -- home, finance, general administration, vigilance etc. distributes rest to her council of ministers in Lucknow on Sunday.
Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has been handed over many significant ministries like tourism, panchayti raj, urban development. In all he has end up getting at least 18 departments. Om Prakash Singh has been given irrigation and education, where as Hukum Singh had to contend with agriculture. Mayawati herself has kept significant portfolios like Home, general administration, finance, intelligence, crime- investigation, appointment, personnel, administrative reforms, vigilance, information, election, judiciary, legislation, industrial development, basic education, non-formal education, adult education, rural development, planning, statics, protocol, civil aviation, Ambedkar villages development,estate , export promotion, horticulture, food processing, minority welfare, Muslim waqf, Haj, land development and water resources, usar land development, culture, minor irrigation, sports, handicapped development, banking,information technology, civil defence, youth welfare, prantiya vikas dal and externally aided projects Bureau Report