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A month on, MP expands Cabinet amid criticism over Covid-19 crisis handling

The expansion came amid Opposition's criticism that Madhya Pradesh doesn't have a health minister at a time when the state has reported 76 Covid-19 deaths.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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Madhya Pradesh, however, is yet to get a health minister as the portfolios of the new ministers have not been announced yet.

Sandeep Kumar Bhopal
Shivraj Singh Chouhan expanded his cabinet on Tuesday, nearly a month after he sworn in as the Madhya Pradesh chief minister for a fourth term. Five ministers took oath in the afternoon in a low-key ceremony amid coronavirus-induced lockdown.
 
The expansion came amid Opposition’s criticism that Madhya Pradesh doesn’t have a health minister at a time when the state has reported 76 Covid-19 deaths.
 
The state has recorded 1,540 confirmed cases so far. Madhya Pradesh, however, is yet to get a health minister as the portfolios of the new ministers have not been announced yet. According to sources, portfolios are