JSP Row: Four ministers expelled from Province-2 Government

JANAKPURDHAM, June 7: Four Ministers of the Province-2 Government have been relieved of their ministerial portfolios. 

Province-2 Chief Minister Lalbabu RautThe expelled , on Sunday, Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Jeetendra Sonal, Minister of State for Social Development Abhiram Sharma, Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure Development Dimple Jha and Minister of State for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Suresh Mandal. 

Chief Minister Raut informed the secretariat of Province Chief Dr Rajesh Jha on Sunday itself about the decision of relieving the minister of their positions. 

Four of them belonged to the Thakur-Mahato faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP). 

Province Chief Jha confirmed  that his secretariat received a letter from the Office of the Chief Minister noting a reshuffle of the Council of Ministers. 

According to a statement issued by the Province Chief secretariat on Sunday night, CM Raut has been designated with the responsibility of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development while Bijaya Kumar Yadav will discharge his duty as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning, Gyanendra Kumar Yadav the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Shailendra Sah the Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative, Nawal Kishor Sah the Minister for Social Development and Ramnaresh Yadav the Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment.