Bhopal, December 29: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday distributed portfolios to ministers of his cabinet, keeping the key ones including Public Relations, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department and Employment Department among others with himself. Jitu Patwari has been allocated Sports and Youth Welfare, Higher Education while Jaivardhan Singh has been allocated Urban Administration and Housing. Nath also kept Public Service Management department and the Technical Education with him.  Kamal Nath Expands His Cabinet, Madhya Pradesh Gets First Muslim Minister in 15 Years.

Reports inform that the ministerial team includes Kamal Nath's 11 loyalists, nine from Congress veteran's Digvijay Singh's camp, seven from Jyotiraditya Scindia's camp, and one from former state party chief Arun Yadav's camp. There are only two females in the cabinet-Vijay Laxmi Sadho from Maheshawr and Imarati Devi from Dabra. Kamal Nath Re-Allots Official Bungalow to Ex-CM Digvijaya Singh, Was Vacated Under Shivraj Chouhan's Tenure.

Who Gets What:

  1. Tribal MLA Bala Bachchan, who was the minister in the previous Digvijay Singh-led Congress government, was given Home and Jail

  2. Senior MLA, Tulsi Silawat, got Health, the Public Relations department official said.

  3. Govind Rajput was allocated Revenue and Transport department, while Tarun Bhanot was given the Finance department.

  4. MLA Prabhuram Choudhary, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, was given School Education.

  5. Digvijay Singh cabinet member, Vijaylaxmi Sadho, got Culture and Medical Education Department.

  6. Hukum Singh Karada, also a minister in the previous Congress government, got Water Resources Development.

  7. Hukum Singh Karada, also a minister in the previous Congress government, got Water Resources Development.

  8. Former senior minister Dr Govind Singh was given Cooperatives and Parliamentary Affairs.

  9. Sajjan Singh Verma, who was Urban Administration Minister in Digvijay Singh government, has got the Public Works Department in Kamal Nath's cabinet, the official said.

  10. Arif Aqueel, the lone Muslim minister, got Minorities and Other Backward Class Welfare, besides Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation.

  11. Jaivardhan Singh, Digvijay Singh's son, was given Urban Administration Department. Jaivardhan, 32, is the youngest minister in the cabinet.

  12. Sachin Yadav, 36, younger brother of former state Congress chief and ex-Union minister Arun Yadav, was given Agriculture and Food Processing Department.

  13. Woman minister Imarati Devi was given the Women and Child Department. Pradeep Jaiswal, lone independent MLA in the cabinet, was given Mining.

  14. Umang Singhar was given Forest Department, while Jitu Patwari was allocated Sports and Youth Affairs besides Higher Education Department.

  15. Mahendra Singh Sisodiya Labour Department and Priyavrat Singh Energy Department while P C Sharma was given Law and Legislative Affairs.

Kamal Nath took oath as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17. Soon after, Nath expanded his cabinet on December 25 by inducting 28 ministers in his team. Madhya Pradesh was under the leadership of BJP's Shivraj Singh Chauhan for 15 years. However, the 2018 assembly elections brought back Congress to power in the state.

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