10 Punjab Ministers To Be Sworn In Today; Baljit Kaur Only Woman on the List

Mann on Friday said there was a huge responsibility on the shoulders of the new Cabinet.

Bhagwant Mann had taken oath as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab on Wednesday at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, becoming the first non-Congress, non-Akali Dal CM of the state.

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Ten ministers in the new Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government will be sworn in at the Punjab Civil Secretariat on Saturday, 19 March. Subsequently, they will participate in the first Cabinet meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

The ministers who will be taking oath as members of Punjab's new Cabinet include Harpal Singh Cheema, Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh, Vijay Singla, Lal Chand Kataruchak, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Bram Shanker, and Harjot Singh Bains.

Baljit Kaur, the MLA from Malout, is the only woman on the list.

"The new Cabinet of Punjab will take oath tomorrow. Many many congratulations to all the ministers who will be in the AAP government of Punjab," Mann tweeted.

He also added that there was a huge responsibility on the shoulders of the new Cabinet and emphasised that "we have to serve the people by working hard day and night, to give an honest government to Punjab. We have to make 'Rangla Punjab'."

Mann had taken oath as the 17th chief minister of Punjab on Wednesday, 16 March, at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, becoming the first non-Congress, non-Akali Dal CM of the state.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit had administered the oath of office to Mann at an event attended by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and other senior AAP leaders.

A day after assuming the top post, Mann took to social media to announce that an anti-corruption helpline would be launched on 23 March, which marked Shaheed Divas, the day Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged to death by the British.

"On Shaheed Divas I will launch a helpline that will be my personal WhatsApp number. In Punjab, if someone demands a bribe from you, don't refuse, make a video/audio recording and send it to that number. My office will investigate and no culprit will be spared," Mann had tweeted in Hindi.