Haryana's new government has allocated portfolios to its ministers, with Chief Minister Nayab Saini retaining control of key departments, including home and finance.
The newly elected members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly will take their oaths of office on October 25. Raghuvir Singh Kadian, a senior Congress leader and the oldest MLA at 80, will act as the pro-tem Speaker, administering the oath to the 90 elected members. Before this, Kadian himself will be sworn in as the acting Speaker by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at Haryana Raj Bhavan.
This comes after the BJP secured its third consecutive term in the Haryana Assembly elections held on October 5, winning 48 seats. The Congress won 37 seats, while the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won two, and three Independents were elected.
In addition, Chief Minister Nayab Saini has retained control over key departments like home, finance, and law and justice, as the newly formed council of ministers was assigned portfolios on Sunday.
According to the Cabinet Secretariat, Saini will also oversee excise and taxation, town and country planning, information, public relations, language and culture, administration of justice, general administration, housing for all, personnel and training, and law and legislative matters. Any unallocated departments will remain under his control.
Anil Vij has been given the departments of energy, transport, and labour. Krishan Lal Panwar will manage development, panchayati raj, and mines and geology.
Rao Narbir Singh will oversee industries and commerce, environment, forests and wildlife, foreign cooperation, and Sainik and Ardh Sainik welfare. Shruti Choudhry will be in charge of women and child development, as well as irrigation and water resources. Arti Singh Rao will handle health, medical education and research, and Ayush.
Mahipal Dhanda will oversee school education, higher education, archives, and parliamentary affairs. Vipul Goel will manage revenue and disaster management, urban local bodies, and civil aviation.
Arvind Sharma will be responsible for cooperation, jails, elections, heritage, and tourism. Shyam Singh Rana will handle agriculture and farmers' welfare, animal husbandry, dairying, and fisheries. Ranbir Gangwa will manage public health engineering and public works (building and roads), while Krishan Kumar Bedi will be in charge of social justice, empowerment, SCs and BCs welfare, hospitality, and architecture.
The two ministers of state (Independent Charge), Rajesh Nagar and Gaurav Gautam, will oversee food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs, printing and stationery, youth empowerment, and entrepreneurship, as well as sports. Gautam will also support the Chief Minister as a minister of state for law and legislative matters.