Arunachal Pradesh: CM Pema Khandu allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers

NEW DELHI: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu allocated portfolios to his council of ministers on Saturday, following their swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein was assigned the Finance, Planning and Investment, Tax & Excise, State Lotteries, Economics & Statistics, Power, and Non-Conventional Energy Resources departments.
Mama Natung, who received the crucial Home portfolio, will also oversee Inter-state Border Affairs, Public Health Engineering & Water Supply, and the Department of Indigenous Affairs. Chief Minister Khandu will handle all departments not assigned to the deputy chief minister and other cabinet members.

BJP state unit president Biyuram Wahge was given charge of the Health & Family Welfare and Water Resources departments, while new cabinet members Nyato Dukam and Gabriel D Wangsu were allocated Commerce and Industries, Labour & Employment, Information, Public Relations and Printing, and Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Food & Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology and Consumer Affairs, respectively.

Wangki Lowang, a minister in the outgoing cabinet, was assigned the Environment & Forests, Geology, Mining & Minerals, and Department of Tirap, Changlang and Longding. Former speaker Pasang Dorjee Sona, another new face in the cabinet, was given the Education, Rural Works, Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, and Libraries departments.

Balo Raja was entrusted with Urban Affairs, Land Management, and Civil Aviation, while Kento Jini was allocated Law, Legislative and Justice, Social Justice, Empowerment & Tribal Affairs, and Sports & Youth Affairs. Ojing Tasing received the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Cooperation, and Transport departments. Dasanglu Pul, the sole woman minister, was given responsibility for the Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, and Science & Technology departments.