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The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab announced the portfolios
of the newly sworn-in ministers. 

Los Angeles, March 21, 2022
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Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has retained the departments of Home, Vigilance and Personnel.

Sr. No	MLA Photo and Name	Ministry	BIO
1		The lone woman minister in Cabinet, has been given Women Welfare, Child Development and Social Security portfolio.	She is a first-time MLA, representing Malout. A doctor by profession, she is the daughter of former AAP MP Prof Sadhu Singh. She had left the government service to take a political plunge.
2		Bram Shanker Jimpa has been given the charge of the Water and Disaster Management Departments.	Braham Shankar Jimpa became an MLA from Hoshiarpur by defeating former industry minister Sunder Sham Arora. He is 12th pass. He was vice chairman of Punjab Industry Development Board. He started his political career with the Congress and remained councillor in municipal committee, Hoshiarpur. He was denied the Congress ticket in local bodies election but contested independently and won.
3		Barnala MLA Gurmeet Meet Hayer has been given Education portfolio.	Son of a PSPCL employee, Meet Hayer studied in Barnala's BGS Public School. He is a mechanical engineer by profession and was one of the first few people who became active with beginning of India against Corruption movement. In 2017, by defeating Congress leader Kewal Dhillon, he became one of the youngest MLAs in Punjab assembly at the age of 27. He is also president of the youth wing of the party.
4		Harbhajan Singh has been allocated the Power Department,	He is the MLA from Jandiala in Majha region. As is apparent, he was an Excise and Taxation Officer in the Punjab government before he took voluntary retirement. He had unsuccessfully contested the 2017 polls on an AAP ticket, but this time round he won with a good margin.
5		Harjot Bains has been given Law and Tourism Departments.	He has been a founder member of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. Representing Anandpur Sahib, he is highly educated, having completed his education from London School of Economics. He was involved in the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare.
6		Dirba MLA Harpal Singh Cheema has been allotted the Finance and Revenue departments	He is the MLA from Dirba, re-elected for the second term. An advocate by profession, he is considered close to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. He was the Leader of Opposition in the previous term of Vidhan Sabha, and was known to raise public issues.
7		Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal will be the state’s Rural Development and Panchayat minister.	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who became MLA from Ajnala, is a farmer by profession. He is a matriculate. He spent some time in the US before coming back to India in 2014. He has been practising farming since. He contested the Lok Sabha in 2019 as AAP candidate from Khadoor Sahib. He later became district president of AAP. He contested assembly election for the first time from Ajnala and won.
8		Lal Chand has been given the charge of the Food and Civil Supplies Department.	Lal Chand Kataruchak was earlier active with the CPM. Two decades back, when Mangat Ram Pasla split from the CPM and formed his own Punjab-based party, Lal Chand joiner Pasla. In the 2017 election, Lal Chand contested from Bhoa as a Revolutionary Marxist Party of India candidate and lost. In 2022, he won from the seat as an AAP candidate. For years, he has been fighting against illegal mining.
9		Laljit Singh Bhullar has been allocated the Transport Department.	Laljit Singh Bhullar is an agriculturist and a commission agent by profession. He became an MLA from Patti by defeating former minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon. He was active in SAD for several years but left the party after sacrilege incidents. He joined back SAD in 2018 but left the party to join AAP in 2019.
10		Dr Vijay Singla has been given the charge of Health.	A dentist by profession, he is also a first-time MLA, representing Mansa. He comes from a humble background and had been associated with the party for the past five years. He trounced Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in this election. Interestingly, the singer had once been the dentist’s patient.
11		Kultar Sandhwan was unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha.	The House started proceedings for the election of the Speaker. CM Bhagwant Mann proposed the name of Kultar Sandhwan and Harpal Cheema seconded the motion. Kultar Sandhwan was unanimously elected Speaker and Mann led him to his chair in the House. Sandhwan was greeted by all MLAs.