: A week after the growth of the Uttar Pradesh council of ministers, 8 ministers– 6 recently inducted ones and 2 raised to independent charge– have actually been provided portfolios, laying to rest speculation about a possible massive reshuffle.
< source media ="(min-width:768px)" alt ="Chief minister Yogi Adityanath (File Photo)" > < img src ="https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2026/05/17/400x225/Chief-minister-Yogi-Adityanath--File-Photo-_1779043137754.jpeg"alt ="Chief minister Yogi Adityanath (File Photo)"title ="Chief minister Yogi Adityanath (File Photo)"width ="360"height ="202"loading ="eager">A main representative validated that the 8 ministers sworn in on May 10 have actually been assigned portfolios. Guv Anandiben Patel has actually released an alert in this regard following the suggestion of primary minister Yogi Adityanath, stated the spokesperson.
The chief minister divested himself of some essential portfolios, took portfolios from 2 cabinet coworkers and provided to others.
The primary minister has actually assembled a state cabinet conference on Monday, the very first after portfolio allowance.
Amongst the 2 recently inducted cabinet ministers, previous Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary has actually been made minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), a portfolio drawn from Rakesh Sachan who keeps charge of khadi and town market, silk market, handlooms and fabrics.
Another brand-new cabinet minister Manoj Kumar Pandey, a previous Samajwadi Party minister, has actually been provided the food and civil products portfolio that the chief minister was holding till now.
Adityanath has actually likewise divested himself of the food security and drug administration portfolio and assigned the very same to Ajit Singh Pal who rose as minister of state (independent charge). The chief minister has actually divested himself of Sainik Kalyan and Prantiya Raksha Dal portfolio and offered them to Somendra Tomar who, too, was raised as minister of state (independent charge). Cabinet minister Dharampal Singh has actually been divested of the political pension portfolio and the exact same has actually been offered to Tomar now.
4 freshly inducted ministers of state too have actually been provided portfolios and they will work under the cabinet minister incharge of the particular department. Krishna Paswan has actually been made minister of state for animal husbandry and dairy advancement (Dharampal Singh holds this portfolio as cabinet minister) while Kailash Singh Rajput ends up being minister of state for energy and extra sources of energy (AK Sharma holds this portfolio as cabinet minister). Hans Raj Vishwakarma ends up being minister of state for MSME (Bhupendra Chaudhary gets the portfolio as cabinet minister) while Surendra Diler ends up being minister of state for profits (the chief minister continues to hold the profits portfolio).