Chhattisgarh The cabinet expansion will take place on Friday. In which 9 MLAs will take oath. Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai gave this information. While talking to the media in the Assembly complex, he said that nine MLAs will take oath as ministers at Raj Bhavan.
9 MLAs will take oath as ministers at 12:45 am
When asked about the expansion of the state cabinet, Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said, the new members of our cabinet will take oath at Raj Bhavan at 12.45 am on Friday.
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These MLAs will take oath as ministers
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai Told that the 9 MLAs who will take oath as ministers include Brijmohan Aggarwal, Ramvichar Netam, Dayaldas Baghel, Kedar Kashyap, Lakhanlal Dewangan, Shyambihari Jaiswal, OP Chaudhary, Tank Ram Verma and Lakshmi Rajwade.
Another ministerial post will be filled later
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said, departments will also be allocated soon. He said that another post in the cabinet will be filled later. Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member assembly, can have a maximum of 13 ministers including the Chief Minister.
Vishnu Dev Sai and two Deputy Chief Ministers took oath on 13 December.
It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Sai and two Deputy Chief Ministers Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma took oath on 13 December.
First step taken towards fulfilling Modi’s guarantee
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai took the first step towards fulfilling Modi’s guarantee through the supplementary budget. In which a provision of Rs 3799 crore was made for the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme. Whereas a provision of Rs 3800 crore was made for the outstanding paddy bonus of two years. While replying to the discussion in the Assembly on the second supplementary budget of more than Rs 12,992 crore for the financial year 2023-24, Sai said, the previous government had presented a budget of more than Rs 1 lakh 21 thousand crore. Big talks were made about the schemes, but the government did not make concrete efforts to generate revenue.