Date:30/03/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/30/stories/2005033003771100.htm

National

5 more Ministers inducted into Jharkhand Ministry

By D.P. Sharan

RANCHI, MARCH 29. Five more Ministers were inducted into the Arjun Munda Government in Jharkhand today. The total strength of the State Cabinet has gone up to 12, including the Chief Minister.

Those who were administered the oath of secrecy and office by the Governor, Syed Sipte Razi, at the Raj Bhavan included, Kamlesh Kumar Singh of the Nationalist Congress Party, Raghubar Das and Pradeep Yadav of the BJP, Ramesh Singh Munda and Radha Krishna Kishor of the Janata Dal United.

Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Singh had been a Minister in the nine-day-old Shibu Soren Government too. However, he did not participate in the vote of confidence sought by the then Soren Government. Although he has not taken the oath of the house so far, he was administered the oath of a Minister today.