Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab govt on Monday redistributed the portfolios held by arrested minister Sanjeev Arora among three of his cabinet colleagyes. Arora was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case on Saturday.Education minister Harjot Singh Bains has been given the additional portfolio of local govt. New and renewable energy minister Aman Arora has been given the portfolio of industries and commerce, and investment promotion. Rural development and panchayat minister Tarurpreet Singh Sond has been given the additional portfolio of power. After Arora’s arrest, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann proposed the redistribution on Sunday and it was approved by Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday. Sanjeev Arora, a govt functionary said, had not been dropped from the cabinet and was likely to continue as a minister without a portfolio. The functionary said, “Even Arvind Kejriwal did not have any portfolio when he was in jail, but he continued as CM.”
