Mamata Banerjee currently holds the charge of consumer affairs, self-help groups and self-employment departments. (Image: PTI)
Banerjee is likely to keep the finance portfolio with her and make Chandrima Bhattacharya a minister of state in that department.
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Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee A top government source said on Monday that she may expand her cabinet today and keep the finance portfolio for herself and make Chandrima Bhattacharya a minister of state in that department. Former Finance Minister Dr Amit Mitra, who expressed his inability to continue as a minister due to his critical health conditions, may be made an advisor.
The source said veteran Trinamool Congress leader and Agriculture Minister Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay may be given the charge of panchayat department after the sudden demise of Subrata Mukherjee last week. Udayan Guha, who won the Dinhata seat of North Bengal by a record margin of 1.64 lakh in the recently held by-elections, is likely to be made a minister. BJP leader Nisith Pramanik, who later became a Union minister, had earlier this year won the assembly election from Dinhata seat defeating Guha by a narrow margin of just 57 votes. However, he resigned as an MLA to retain his membership in the Lok Sabha after the TMC won a landslide victory requiring a by-election.
“Udayan Guha is likely to be made the North Bengal Development Minister, a portfolio that the chief minister himself was looking after after the defeat of Gautam Deb, who lost the assembly polls,” the source said. First-time MLA Braj Kishore Goswami, who won from Shantipur seat in the by-election held on October 30, is also likely to be made a minister. According to the official, Transport and Housing Minister Firhad Hakim and Forest Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick have been given additional charge of two other departments. can go. Maybe one of the two ministers is taking charge of consumer affairs, or the self-help groups and self-employment department, which was held by Sadhna Pandey, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mumbai. The chief minister is currently holding the charge of consumer affairs, self-help groups and self-employment departments while Pandey remained a cabinet minister without any portfolio.
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