New Tripura CM Manik Saha allocates portfolios, keeps Home, Health for himself
The Hindu
Manik Saha also kept IT and General Administration.
Allocating portfolios, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha kept key departments such as Home and Health to himself, as per a notification. Mr. Saha also kept IT and general administration.
Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma would continue to hold Finance, Power, Rural Development, Planning and Coordination, Science, Technology and Environment, as per the notification issued on Wednesday.
Ratan Lal Nath will continue with his existing charges—Education, Law and Parliamentary Affairs. N.C. Debbarma of IPFT will continue as the minister for Revenue and Forest.
Pranajit Singha Roy will hold the charge of Transport, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, and Tourism. Manoj Kanti Deb was given the charge of Food and Civil Supplies, and Urban Development.
Santana Chakma was made the new Industries and Commerce Minister, besides she will also continue to hold the charge of Social Welfare and Social Education.
Ram Prasad Paul was allocated two more departments—OBC Welfare and Welfare for Minorities, besides being in charge of Jail, and Fire Service and Emergency Services.
Bhagaban Das will continue to be the minister of SC Welfare, Animal Resource and Labour.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.