National President of Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has reacted on the division of departments after the cabinet expansion. In a post on social media site Facebook late night on Sunday, May 17, he also pointed towards the portfolio given to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manoj Pandey. Akhilesh has indicated in the post that instead of giving importance to its own people, the Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed more trust in SP rebel Manoj Pandey.
He wrote that ‘Apne people fiss, aan village ke siddha.’ Let us tell you that Manoj Pandey has been given the Food and Logistics Department in the Yogi government. This department is considered very important.
It is noteworthy that a week after the expansion of the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, portfolios were allotted to the new ministers on Sunday. Yogi Adityanath Under the second cabinet expansion of the government, on May 10, two cabinet ministers and four ministers of state were made. Two ministers of state were promoted and made ministers of state with independent charge.
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Officials said that among the two cabinet ministers, former BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary has been allotted the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department. Ajit Pal Singh and Somendar Tomar, who were promoted to the post of Minister of State with Independent Charge, have been given the portfolios of Food Safety and Drug Administration and Political Pension, Soldier Welfare and Provincial Guard respectively.
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Four new ministers of state Krishna Paswan, Surendra Diler, Hansraj Vishwakarma and Kailash Rajput have also been allotted their departments. Paswan has been given the Livestock and Dairy Development Department, while Diler has been made the Revenue Department, Vishwakarma has been made the MSME Department and Rajput has been made the Minister of State for Energy and Additional Energy Sources Department.