SRINAGAR: Following the reshuffle, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday allotted portfolios to the newly inducted ministers.
An order, issued today, said that BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta has been given the portfolio of Industries and Transport. Sat Sharma will take charge of Housing and Urban Development, Devinder Kumar Manyal Health and Medical Education, Rajeev Jasrotia Forest, Ecology and Environment, and Sunil Sharma Power Development Department.
Abdul Rehman Veeri has given the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj portfolio while as Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjora got Revenue. Newly inducted minister, Mohammad Khalil Band got Agriculture Production, Syed Basharat who was already holding the Horticulture was given an additional portfolio of Parliamentary affairs Law and Justice.
While Altaf Bukhari of PDP holds Finance, and Labour and Employment and Floriculture, Chowdhay Zulfikar Ali, also of PDP, got School Education, Haj and Auqaf and Tribal affairs.
Imran Raza Ansari Higher Education, Information Technology and Technical Education, whereas Youth Services and Sports Department, earlier with Ansari, will now be with CM.
