Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday Dec 25,2018 expanded his Cabinet with nine MLAs being sworn in as ministers.
Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath to the new ministers at the Police Parade Ground in Raipur.
The 9 ministers are - Ravindra Chaubey, Rudra Guru, Kawasi Lakhma,Premsai Singh,Mohammad Akbar,Shiv Daheriya, Umesh Patel, Anila Bhediya and Jai Singh Agarwal.
Bhupesh Baghel was sworn in with two other senior Congress leaders — TS Singhdeo and Tamrdhawaj Sahu — last Monday.
Congress has registered a landslide victory in the 2018 Chhattisgarh assembly election, winning 68 seats in 90 member assembly. The BJP, which was in power in the state since 2003, was reduced to 15 seats while former chief minister Ajit Jogi-led Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) managed to win five seats. Jogi’s ally Bahujan Samaj Party has won two seats.
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