Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has allocated portfolios, retaining Mineral Resources, Excise, and General Administration. Deputy CM Vijay Sharma receives Home, and Finance goes to MLA O P Choudhary. The cabinet, with 12 members, sees Mr. Vishnu Deo Sai overseeing Energy, Public Relations, and unassigned departments.
Vijay Sharma handles Home, Jail, Panchayat, Rural Development, Technical Education, Employment, Science, and Technology. Deputy CM Arun Sao manages Public Works, Public Health Engineering, Law, Legislative Affairs, and Urban Administration. O P Choudhary, besides Finance, oversees Commercial Tax, Housing, Environment and Planning, Economics, and Statistics.
Brijmohan Agrawal takes charge of School Education, Higher Education, Tourism, Culture, Parliamentary Affairs, and Dharmik Nyas. Ram Vichar Netam focuses on Agriculture Development, Farmer Welfare, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, OBC, and Minorities Development. Dayaldas Baghel, the sole SC minister, is responsible for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection.
The youngest, Laxmi Rajwade (31), manages Women and Child Development and Social Welfare. Kedar Kashyap oversees Forest, Climate Change, Water Resources, Skill Development, and Cooperative Departments. Lakhanlal Dewangan is in charge of Commerce Industry and Labor, and Shyam Bihari Jaiswal handles Public Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Twenty Point Implementation.
Tankram Verma is the minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, Revenue, and Disaster Management. The BJP’s return to power in Chhattisgarh after displacing the Congress in the November Assembly polls sets the stage for the new cabinet to address governance challenges and implement the party’s vision for the state’s development.
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