Delhi CM allocates portfolios among the Ministers , keeps no Department under him

Feb 14, New Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday allocated portfolios among the Ministers who latter assumed charge of their departments.

Manish Sisodia ,who was made the charge as Deputy Chief Minister, will hold the charge of Education, Finance, Planning and Revenue while Satyendar Jain will look after Power, Health, Industries and PWD departments.

Gopal Rai has been given the responsibility of Transport, Labour and Employment departments and Sandeep Kumar will hold the portfolios of Women and Child Development, Social Welfare and SC and ST departments.

Food, Civil Supply and Environment and Forest departments are with Asim Ahmed Khan while Jitender Singh Tomar has been given the charge of Law and Justice, Home, and Tourism.

Announcing the portfolios, Manish Sisodia said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not keep any department under his charge.
Kejriwal will oversee the work of different departments and supervise their work, he said and added chief Minister will also connect directly to the people of Delhi to solve their problems.

When asked about the priorities of the government, he said 70 point agenda which consists of cheap electricity and water, corruption-free governance and providing proper health care to the people are all focus areas of the new regime.