After 3 days of tug-of-war, PDP and BJP have resolved impasse on distribution of portfolios in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has accordingly allocated the portfolios to the ministers as under:

CABINET MINISTERS [PDP]

1. Abdul Rehman Veeri: Horticulture and Haj & Auqaf.

2. Javaid Mustafa Mir: Revenue Department.

3. Abdul Haq Khan: Rural Development

4. Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari: Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs and        Relief and Rehabilitation.

5. Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali: Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution and Tribal Affairs.

6. Haseeb A. Drabu: Finance, Labour & Employment and Culture.

7. Ghulam Nabi Lone: Agriculture Production.

8. Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari: Public Works, Floriculture and Parks.

9. Imran Raza Ansari: Information Technology, Technical Education and     Youth Services and Sports.

10. Naeem Akhter: Education.

 

MINISTERS OF STATE [PDP]

1. Abdul Majid Padder: Public Health Engineering, Irrigation & Flood Control, Animal Husbandry and Forest.

2. Mohammad Ashraf Mir: Industries and Commerce, Power Development and Housing& Urban Development Departments.

3. Asiya Naqash: Health, Social Welfare and Transport Departments.

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CABINET MINISTERS [BJP]

1. Dr. Nirmal Singh: (Deputy Chief Minister): Power Development and Housing & Urban Development Department.

2. Chander Parkas: Industries and Commerce.

3. Lal Singh: Health & Medical Education and ARI & Trainings.

4. Bali Bhagat: Social Welfare, Forest, Ecology and Environment.

5. Sukhnandan Kumar: Public Health Engineering.

6. Sajad Gani Lone: Science & Technology and Animal Husbandry.

 

MINISTERS OF STATE [BJP]

1. Chering Dorjay: Cooperative (Independent Charge) and Ladakh Affairs.

2. Sunil Kumar Sharma: Public Works (R&B) and Revenue.

3. Abdul Ghani Kohli: Transport (Independent Charge), Rural Development and Horticulture.

4. Priya Sethi: Information, Education and Culture.

5. Pawan Kumar Gupta: Finance and Information Technology.

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