Chouhan Forms Micro Cabinet to Fight Mega COVID-19
No portfolios to ministers; tasked with controlling Corona spread F Five ministers were inducted into the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet on Tuesday. It took nearly a month for Madhya Pradesh chief minister to form his council of ministers. The five inducted ministers include BJP leaders Narottam Mishra, Kamal Patel, and Meena Singh while two ministers, Govind Singh Rajput and Tulsi Silawat, have been inducted from the ranks of ex-Congress MLAs, who had switched over to the BJP in mid-March. The micro-sized cabinet has been formed keeping in mind the factions and recent entry of Congress’ ex-MLAs into BJP. No portfolios were awarded to the new ministers instead they have each been given responsibilities of two divisions each. The cabinet formation comes after intense lobbying and numerous rounds of discussions between BJP state and central leaders and those between former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and the central BJP leadership. Congress launched scathing attacks ...