AAP nominates Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha 3 others for RS

Aam Aadmi Party has named five persons as it's nominees for five Rajya Sabha vacancies arising due to the ending of terms of MPs on April 9. The names announced by the party as it's nominees include  Sandeep Pathak, Associate Professor at IIT Delhi, AAP’s Delhi MLA and national spokesperson Raghav Chadha and former Cricketer Harbhajan Singh. The chancellor of Lovely Professional University Ashok Mittal has been named as the fourth nominee, and Sanjeev Arora, an industrialist from Ludhiana, is the fifth nominee. In a tweet, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said, it is most saddening news for Punjab and will be the first discrimination for their state. He said, they will oppose tooth and nail any non-punjabi being nominated. 

Meanwhile, newly inducted cabinet ministers in Punjab were assigned their ministries on Monday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will keep the crucial Home Ministry with him, while lawyer and the former Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, Harpal Cheema, has been appointed as the Finance Minister. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer will be the new Education Minister. Dr Vijay Singla has been made the state’s health minister. Singla is also a dental surgeon. AAP spokesperson Harjot Bains has been given the Law Ministry and the Tourism Ministry. The Social Security, Women and Child Development Ministry has been given to Dr Baljit Kaur. An eye surgeon while the power ministry has been given to Harbhajan Singh. Lal Chand will be in charge of the Food and Supply Department while Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal will be the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Laljit Singh Bhullar will be Punjab’s new Transport Minister and Bram Shankar will have the water Resources ministry.