Second Amarinder Singh ministry | |
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Ministry of Punjab | |
Date formed | 16 March 2017 |
Date dissolved | 18 September 2021 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Governor V. P. Singh Badnore |
Head of government | Amrinder Singh |
No. of ministers | 18 |
Ministers removed | 1 |
Total no. of members | 17 |
Member parties | INC |
Status in legislature | 2/3th Majority |
History | |
Election(s) | 2017 |
Outgoing election | 2017 |
Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
Predecessor | Parkash Singh Badal Ministry (2012-2017) |
Successor | Channi ministry |
Captain Amarinder Singh's second cabinet started from March 2017. Amarinder Singh is the leader of INC was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Punjab on 16 March 2017. His ministry had 17 Cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister as well as two women. The following is the list of ministers with their portfolios in the Government of Punjab. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Chief Ministers of Punjab after claiming that he felt humiliated three times by the Congress leadership in the past two months. [6]
In June 2021, MLA and deputy leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly, Saravjit Kaur Manuke held hunger strike along with AAP activists to protest against the inaction of the Punjab government in the payment of post-matric scholarship amount of Dalit students. AAP convener Bhagwant Mann said that the protest by AAP members had forced the Punjab government then led by CM Amarinder Singh to release the funds amounting to 200 crore as 40% share of the amount that Punjab government had to pay. [7]
S.No | Name | Constituency | Department | Party | |
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1. | Amarinder Singh Chief Minister | Patiala Urban |
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Cabinet Ministers | |||||
2. | Brahm Mohindra | Patiala Rural |
| INC | |
3. | Manpreet Singh Badal | Bathinda Urban |
| INC | |
4. | Om Parkash Soni | Amritsar Central |
| INC | |
5. | Sadhu Singh Dharamsot | Nabha |
| INC | |
6. | Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa | Fatehgarh Churian |
| INC | |
7. | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi | Guru Har Sahai |
| INC | |
8. | Charanjit Singh Channi | Chamkaur Sahib |
| INC | |
9. | Aruna Chaudhary | Dinanagar |
| INC | |
10. | Razia Sultana | Malerkotla |
| INC | |
11. | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | Dera Baba Nanak |
| INC | |
12. | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | Raja Sansi |
| INC | |
13. | Gurpreet Singh Kangar | Rampura Phul |
| INC | |
14. | Balbir Singh Sidhu | S.A.S. Nagar |
| INC | |
15. | Vijay Inder Singla | Sangrur |
| INC | |
16. | Sunder Sham Arora | Hoshiarpur |
| INC | |
17. | Bharat Bhushan Ashu | Ludhiana West |
| INC |
S.No | Name | Constituency | Department | Party | |
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1. | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Amritsar East |
| INC |
On 5 December 2019, the Council of Ministers in the Amarinder Singh government took a decision to reduce the number of posts of patwari in the revenue department from 4,716 to 3,660. The decision was not publicly disclosed. [8]
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