The Chief Minister s Office distributed the portfolios by 2 pm to focus next on COVID-19.
Kolkata:
Including Mamata Banerjee, there are nine women ministers in her third government, and 20 new ministers in all seven of them from the minority community and four each from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. All 43 ministers were sworn in at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata today in an abbreviated programme and, then, it was back to work for all.
Among newbies, batsman-turned-MLA Manoj Tiwari seemed overwhelmed by his new assignment as Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports. I want to thank the people and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said, for believing in me.