Published: April 21, 2018 11:35 AM IST 
New Delhi, April 21: In a major development, Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab cabinet will be expanded on Saturday. According to reports, nine new faces will be taking oath as ministers. The swearing-in ceremony will take at Raj Bhawan, today at 6pm in Chandigarh.
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh congratulated the ministers on micro-blogging site.
Happy to announce the names of the new Cabinet Ministers: 1) Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa; (2) Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria (3) Vijay Inder Singla (4)Bharat Bhushan Ashu
(5)Sunder Shyam Arora (6) O P Soni (7)Rana Gurmit Sodhi (8) Gurpreet Kangar (9) Balbir Sidhu. Congratulation to all!— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) April 20, 2018
Swearing in to take place at Raj Bhawan, tomorrow at 6pm in Chandigarh.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) April 20, 2018
Aruna Chaudhary and Razia Sultana both Ministers of State will also be elevated as Cabinet Ministers tomorrow.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) April 20, 2018
The names were finalized after discussing with Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The cabinet expansion has been on cards for some time now. The new ministers are all in the cabinet rank and their portfolios would be announced later.
Here’s the list of ministers who will be taking oath today:
Capt Amarinder held two round of discussion with Rahul Gandhi before announcing the names. Reportedly, there are nine ministers, including Amarinder Singh. With the nine new ministers, the Punjab Government will touch the maximum strength of 15 percent of the state Assembly. Meanwhile, three-time MLA Sangat Singh Gilzian from Urmur has resigned from the party post. He was hopeful of a ministerial berth in the Cabinet.
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