Bangladesh Cabinet portfolios announced: CM Suvendu retains house, land and power; Swapan Dasgupta receives funding

All 41 ministers of the BJP government in West Bengal, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, were allotted portfolios on Wednesday.

CM Adhikari will be the Minister responsible for Home and Hills Affairs, Land Reforms and Refugees, Relief and Rehabilitation, Energy, Information and Cultural Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, and other departments not allocated to other Ministers.

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While Adhikari took oath as Prime Minister along with five other cabinet ministers on May 9, 35 other ministers took oath on June 1. There are now 19 ministers in the government, including Adhikari, three secretaries of state with independent mandates, and 19 secretaries of state.

Swapan Dasgupta, who defeated Rashbehari in Kolkata, has been appointed in charge of finance. BJP MLA from Bidhannagar, Shardwat Mukherjee, has been appointed as health minister. Nishith Pramanik, former Union Minister, has been appointed in-charge of North Bengal Development and Water Resources. Former state BJP president Dilip Ghosh has been given charge of panchayat, rural development and agricultural marketing. Agnimitra Paul was given Urban Development and Municipal Affairs.

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Among the Ministers of State with independent responsibility, Indranil Khan has been appointed to the Departments of Youth Services, Sports and Consumer Affairs.

Nishith Pramanik: Development of North Bengal; Study and development of water resources

Ashok Kirtania: food and supplies; cooperation

Dilip Ghosh: Panchayats and Rural Development; Agricultural marketing

Kshodiram Tudu: Tribal development; Minority affairs; School education

Agnimitra Paul: Urban development and municipal affairs

Deepak Barman: school education; housing; Small and medium enterprises and textiles

tapas roy: Industry, commerce and enterprises; Public institutions and industrial reconstruction. Non-conventional and renewable energy sources

Dr. Shankar Ghosh: Parliamentary Affairs; Tourism

Manoj Kumar Oron: forests; environment

Arjun Singh: exhaustion; Transfer

Gauri Sankar Ghosh: Welfare of backward classes; Comprehensive educational guidance and library services

Jagannath Chattopadhyay: Higher and technical education; Training and skills development

Swapan Dasgupta: finance

Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty: Information technology and electronics. Science, technology and biotechnology; Food and horticultural industries

Dr. Shardwat Mukherjee: Health and family care

Arup Kumar Das: Irrigation and waterways

Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar: public health engineering; public works

Dodd Kumar Mondal: agriculture

Rajesh Mahata: Animal resources development; Fisheries

Dr. Andranil Khan: Youth and sports services; Consumer affairs

Dr. Hare Krishna Bera: Higher and technical education; Training and skills development

Anandamayi Barman: convey; finance

Ashok Dinda: agricultural marketing; Small and medium enterprises and textiles

Nadyar Chand Puri: public works; Caring for backward classes

Bashal Lama: House and hill affairs; Minority affairs; School education

Santanu Pramanik: food and supplies; Panchayats and Rural Development

Moumita Biswas Misra: Industry, commerce and enterprises; Science, technology and biotechnology

Umesh Rai: Parliamentary Affairs; Urban development and municipal affairs

Poornima Chakraborty: Media and cultural affairs; Tourism

Kaushik Chaudhary: school education; Fire and emergency services