Lucknow: As the allegations of poor governance after the series of rape and killing in Uttar Pradesh on Samajwadi Party government, CM Akhilesh Yadav had made change in his ministry. Akhilesh Yadav had stripped 15 ministers of powerful portfolios and sacked a junior minister.
Akhilesh Yadav has taken charge of six more departments, which takes his portfolio tally to 49.
The revamp follows a meeting held by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday with all state ministers.
Nine cabinet ministers, one minister of state with independent charge, and five ministers of state have been allotted less significant portfolios. In a late night development, Pawan Pandey, Minister for state for entertainment tax, was also dropped.
Senior cabinet minister Rajendra Chaudhary, who held the prisons portfolio, has now been allotted the Department of Political Pensions.
Balram Yadav, another senior cabinet minister from Azamgarh, was removed as Panchayati Raj minister.
Manoj Kumar Pandey, a minister from Raebareli and a prominent Brahmin face of the party, was given the Science and Technology Ministry instead of the allied agriculture departments.
Bureau Report
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