Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today kept the bulk of ministries, including the key Home and Finance ministries, with him.
Interestingly, controversial independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, who was jailed by previous chief minister Mayawati and against whom there are pending criminal cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and abduction, has been given charge of the Prison department.
In portfolio allocation by UP Governor B L Joshi in consultation with Akhilesh, who was sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister on March 15 along with 28 Cabinet ministers and 19 Ministers of State, the 38-year-old leader kept charge of 50 departments while his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav was given responsibility of Public Works Department (PWD) and Irrigation.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh, whose induction in cabinet had sparked criticism, has been allocated Food and Civil Supplies along with prison.
Apart from Home and Finance, the other departments with Akhilesh are general administration, vigilance, appointment, information, tax and registration, secondary education, higher education, technical education, medical education, housing, cane development, sugar mills, IT, planning, estate, excise, power and institutional finance.
Anand Singh has been allocated agriculture and religious endowment.
Social welfare, SC/ST welfare departments have been allocated to Awadhesh Pratap and land development and water resources department has been given to Om Prakash Singh.
Stamp and court fee, registration and civil defence departments have been allotted to Durga Prasad Yadav; home guards and vocational education to Brahma Shanker Tripathi.
Khadi and village industry have been allocated to Rajaram Pandey, horticulture to Raj Kishore Singh and textile industry and sericulture to Shiv Kumar Beria.
Among ministers of state (independent charge), Rajendra Singh Rana has been allocated rural engineering services, Arvind Singh Gope got rural development, Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar got small industries and Aruna Kori got woman welfare and culture.
Departments have also been allocated to 24 ministers of state and they have been attached to their respective cabinet ministers.
Akhilesh has also retained secretariat administration, cooperative, election, legislative, protocol, civil aviation, tourism, industrial development, mining, flood control, forest and administrative reform with him.
He would also hold charge of environment, science and technology, dairy development, electronics, backward development, programme implementation, fisheries, handicapped welfare and entertainment departments.
Interestingly, controversial independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, who was jailed by previous chief minister Mayawati and against whom there are pending criminal cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and abduction, has been given charge of the Prison department.
In portfolio allocation by UP Governor B L Joshi in consultation with Akhilesh, who was sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister on March 15 along with 28 Cabinet ministers and 19 Ministers of State, the 38-year-old leader kept charge of 50 departments while his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav was given responsibility of Public Works Department (PWD) and Irrigation.
Raghuraj Pratap Singh, whose induction in cabinet had sparked criticism, has been allocated Food and Civil Supplies along with prison.
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Apart from Home and Finance, the other departments with Akhilesh are general administration, vigilance, appointment, information, tax and registration, secondary education, higher education, technical education, medical education, housing, cane development, sugar mills, IT, planning, estate, excise, power and institutional finance.
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Anand Singh has been allocated agriculture and religious endowment.
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Social welfare, SC/ST welfare departments have been allocated to Awadhesh Pratap and land development and water resources department has been given to Om Prakash Singh.
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Stamp and court fee, registration and civil defence departments have been allotted to Durga Prasad Yadav; home guards and vocational education to Brahma Shanker Tripathi.
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Khadi and village industry have been allocated to Rajaram Pandey, horticulture to Raj Kishore Singh and textile industry and sericulture to Shiv Kumar Beria.
Among ministers of state (independent charge), Rajendra Singh Rana has been allocated rural engineering services, Arvind Singh Gope got rural development, Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar got small industries and Aruna Kori got woman welfare and culture.
Departments have also been allocated to 24 ministers of state and they have been attached to their respective cabinet ministers.
Akhilesh has also retained secretariat administration, cooperative, election, legislative, protocol, civil aviation, tourism, industrial development, mining, flood control, forest and administrative reform with him.
He would also hold charge of environment, science and technology, dairy development, electronics, backward development, programme implementation, fisheries, handicapped welfare and entertainment departments.
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