J&K ministers get portfolios day after cabinet expansion, key departments change hands

Srinagar, Oct 28 (UNI) A day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expanded his cabinet, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday allotted portfolios to the ministers. According to an order issued by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary has been assigned the Public Works (Roads and Buildings) Department, Industries and Commerce, Labour and Employment, and Skill Development. Ali Mohammad Sagar has been given charge of the Revenue Department, Power Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), and the Election Department. Sakeena Masood (Itoo) who earlier held charge of…