Seven ministerial berths are still vacant. Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel, in a notification, said that on the advice of the Chief Minister, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla allocated portfolios to the Ministers.
According to the notification, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department and the Tribal Affairs and Hills Department have been allocated to Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen.
The Public Health Engineering Department and the Forest, Environment and Climate Change Departments have been assigned to another Deputy Chief Minister, Losii Dikho.
The Home Department and the Youth Affairs and Sports Departments have been allotted to Konthoujam Govindas Singh, while the Arts and Culture Department and the Tourism Department have been allocated to Khuraijam Loken Singh.
Chief Minister Khemchand Singh, Nemcha Kipgen and Konthoujam Govindas Singh belong to the BJP, while Losii Dikho and Khuraijam Loken Singh are from the Naga People’s Front (NPF) and the National People’s Party (NPP), respectively.
A post on the Manipur government’s official X handle stated: “This allocation marks an important step towards strengthening governance and ensuring focussed leadership across key departments.”Chief Minister Singh, along with the two Deputy Chief Ministers and two Cabinet Ministers, was sworn in on February 4 after President’s Rule was revoked in the state.
However, as many as seven ministerial berths remain vacant.
The lone woman Minister and BJP MLA Nemcha Kipgen, who belongs to the Kuki community, took oath virtually as Deputy Chief Minister from Manipur Bhavan in New Delhi due to security reasons.
