Amarinder to take oath as CM on Thursday

Amarinder to take oath as CM on Thursday

IANSUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 08:22 AM IST
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Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister-designate Amarinder Singh will go in for a simple swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, along with a team of ministers.

Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore will administer the oath of office to Amarinder and his cabinet colleagues at the Punjab Raj Bhavan here on Thursday morning.

Several newly elected MLAs including Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet Singh Badal, Brahm Mohindra, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Rana Gurjit Singh, Pargat Singh, Razia Sultana, O P Soni are in the race for becoming ministers, party sources said. Other names likely to be included on Thursday are that of Razia Sultana, who is from the minority Muslim community, and Aruna Chaudhary.

Also likely to be included are Amarinder’s loyalists and senior Congress leaders Brahm Mohindra and Rakesh Pandey.

The Congress, which swept the Punjab assembly elections, on Sunday formally elected Amarinder Singh as the head of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). Amarinder later met the governor and staked claim to form the next government in the state.

This is the second time Amarinder will become Chief Minister of the state. He had remained Chief Minister from 2002-2007 previously. Amarinder has opted for a low-key swearing-in ceremony keeping in mind the financial health of the state. –IANS

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