The News Freedom
Chandigarh, November 21
In a major political development, Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer lost key portfolios including Mines and Geology, apparently following recent media coverage of illegal mining cases. This reshuffling leaves Hayer overseeing solely the Sports and Youth Services Department.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann carried out a rejig of departments of two ministers. Mann redistributed Hayer’s portfolios—Mines and Geology, Water Resources and Conservation of Land and Water—to Cabinet Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra. Presently, Jourmajra is managing Defence Services Welfare, Freedom Fighters, Horticulture, and Information and Public Relations.