NEW DELHI: VP Singh inducted 13 ministers of state and 5 deputy ministers, raising the strength of the ministry to 40.
While no new cabinet ministers were added to the existing 18, the induction of deputy ministers makes the govt.
The new ministers of state are: Janeshwar, Mishra, RasMasood. Satpal Malik. Chiman Bhai Mehta, Bhajwan Behra, Nitish Kumar, Harikishore Singh, Upendra Nath Verma, Subodhkant Sahai, Bhagey Govardhan and Srikant Jena, Rampujan Patel and a Idharan.
The deputy ministers are Ajay Singh, Anil Shastri, Bhakti Charan Das, Jagdeep Dhankar and Usha Singh.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 27, 1990
