#Irked, JMM MLA Baidyanath Ram voiced, “The result will come in a day or two.”
RNS: The Champai government in Jharkhand witnessed the induction of eight MLAs from the ruling JMM-Congress alliance as ministers, marking a significant development in the state’s political landscape.
Among the newly sworn-in ministers are five from the JMM quota, including Basant Soren, Deepak Birua, Mithilesh Thakur, Hafizul Hassan, and Baby Devi, along with three from the Congress party – Rameshwar Oraon, Banna Gupta, and Badal Patralekh.
Basant Soren and Deepak Birua emerged as fresh faces in the Champai government, with Governor CP Radhakrishnan administering the oath of office to the newly appointed ministers.
Following the cabinet expansion, the Cabinet Secretariat and Coordination Department promptly issued a notification detailing the distribution of portfolios. Basant Soren, the younger brother of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, secured three crucial ministries: Road construction, Building construction, and Water resources.
However, notable absentee from the oath-taking ceremony was Sita Soren, daughter-in-law of Shibu Soren and wife of the late Durga Soren, who was considered a contender for a ministerial post.
Chief Minister Champai Soren, along with Alamgir Alam (Congress) and Satyanand Bhokta (RJD), assumed office on February 2 following Hemant Soren’s resignation and subsequent arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a land scam case.
Meanwhile, JMM MLA Baidyanath Ram, who was excluded from the list of ministers at the last minute, expressed his discontent. Ram, who was slated to be second on the list of MLAs to take the oath, received a call asking him to visit the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) instead of the Raj Bhawan.
Ram voiced his disappointment over the decision, stating that it reflected poorly on the Scheduled Caste community. He hinted at taking action in response to what he perceived as humiliation, indicating that “the result will come in a day or two.”
Portfolios:
Chief Minister Champai Soren (JMM)
Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Official Language
Home (including Prison) Department
Cabinet Secretariat and Monitoring Department and all such departments which are not allocated to other ministers.
Alamgir Alam (Congress)
Rural Development Department, Rural Affairs Department, Panchayati Raj Department
Satyanand Bhokta (RJD)
Labor Employment Training and Skill Development Department
Industry Department
Baby Devi (JMM)
Women Child Development and Social Security Department
Hafeezul Hasan (JMM)
Minority Welfare Department
Registration Department
Tourism, Art-Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Department
Basant Soren (JMM)
Road Construction Department
Building Construction Department
Department of Water Resources
Mithilesh Thakur (JMM)
Drinking Water and Sanitation Department
Excise and Prohibition Department
Deepak Birua (JMM)
Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Welfare Department (except Minority Welfare)
Transport Department
Badal Patralekh (Congress)
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Co-operation
Dr Rameshwar Oraon (Congress)
Finance department
Planning and Development Department
Department of Commerce
Department of Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs
Banna Gupta (Congress)
Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department
Disaster Management Department
