Taking charge as Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has got into work right away. The new CM has allocated cabinet portfolios to the six new council of ministers. However, Kejriwal has retained Home, Finance, Vigilance Service departments and a few departments are left out which are likely to get filled in coming days.
Here is list of Ministers and their portfolios:
Arvind Kejriwal – Home, Finance and Vigilance Service
Manish Sisodia – Education, Higher Education, PWD, Urban Development, Local Bodies, Land & Building and Revenue Department
Somnath Bharti – Law, Tourism, Administrative Reforms, Art & Culture departments.
Saurabh Bhardwaj - Food & Supply, Environment, Transport, Election.
Rakhi Birla - Women & Child, Social Welfare, Women's Safety, Languages
Girish Soni - Development, Employment, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes.
In his first speech as Chief Minister, Kejriwal said, “the oath we are taking today is not of Arvind Kejriwal and the other ministers but people of Delhi have taken the oath. The whole fight is not to make Arvind Kejriwal a chief minister but it is for a change of governance in Delhi.†He also cautioned his ministers not get arrogant with power. “We should not get arrogant. Don't get arrogant ever. Work for the people with service as the goal. We have not come here to become ministers. We were born to remove the arrogance of big parties. We should be wary that no other party has to take birth to dismantle us,†added Kejriwal.
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