Sidhu sworn in as Punjab cabinet minister

March 16, 2017 10:28

Nine cabinet ministers are being sworn in, but portfolios are not being announced today. The party's senior-most legislator Brahm Mohindra was sworn in first, followed by Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet Badal (the estranged nephew of former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal). Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, and the state's richest legislator Rana Gurjit Singh will also be ministers.

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