Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assigned portfolios to the 4 just lately inducted ministers, together with SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and RLD’s Anil Kumar. BJP leaders Dara Singh Chauhan and Sunil Kumar Sharma are the opposite two new entrants within the state Cupboard.
In response to the Director of Data, Shishir, Om Prakash Rajbhar has been entrusted with the Panchayati Raj and Minority Welfare, Haj, and Waqf departments. Dara Singh Chauhan has been assigned the Jail Division, whereas Sunil Kumar Sharma will oversee IT and Electronics, and Anil Kumar Sharma has been given the Science and Expertise Division, information company PTI reported.
Dharmveer Prajapati, who held the Jail Division, will now oversee the Civil Defence Division, and Dharmpal Singh, who was in control of Minority Welfare, Haj, and Waqf departments, will now be chargeable for the Animal Husbandry and Dairy departments.
Om Prakash Rajbhar represents the Zahoorabad Meeting constituency of Ghazipur district, whereas Anil Kumar is an RLD MLA from Purkazi (SC) in Muzaffarnagar. Sunil Kumar Sharma is the BJP MLA from Sahibabad Meeting constituency in Ghaziabad district, and Dara Singh Chauhan is a member of the UP Legislative Council.
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RLD, SBSP Now Half Of NDA
The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Celebration (SBSP) at the moment are a part of the ruling NDA. The addition of those 4 ministers brings the overall power of UP’s council of ministers to 56, out of a most of 60 ministers allowed by provisions. Dara Singh Chauhan, who just lately gained the UP Legislative Council election, returned to the BJP from the Samajwadi Celebration final 12 months.
Om Prakash Rajbhar and SBSP rejoined the BJP-led NDA in 2023. Rajbhar, a distinguished chief of the Rajbhar group in jap Uttar Pradesh, had beforehand served as a cupboard minister in Yogi Adityanath’s authorities however resigned from the minister’s publish earlier than the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The SBSP contested the 2022 UP Meeting elections in alliance with the SP and secured six seats.