Bhopal: Portfolios have been allocated in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Cabinet on Monday with Narottam Mishra being retained as the State Home Minister.
Mishra has also been allocated the charge of Parliamentary Affairs and Law and Justice.
Yashodhara Raje Scindia has been allocated Sports, Youth Welfare, Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment portfolios.
Gopal Bhargava has been given the charge of Public Works Department and Cottage and Rural Industries.
While Imarti Devi has been appointed the Minister for Women and Child Development.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has retained General Administration Department, Public Relations, Narmada Valley Development and other departments not allocated to any other Ministers.
After expanding his cabinet for the second time on July 2, Chouhan had met the top brass of the BJP in New Delhi apparently to discuss the portfolio allocation, which became a political tightrope in the presence of assertive Scindia.
The 28 ministers comprised at least a dozen loyalists of Scindia. Their induction in the cabinet reportedly caused heartburn in ministerial aspirants in the state BJP.
The initial 'mini' expansion of the Chouhan cabinet took place on April 21 with the induction of five ministers, including two former Congress MLAs, over a month after Chouhan took oath as the CM for the record fourth term.
Inputs from ANI
