The Bhagwant Mann ministry is the State Cabinet of Punjab, India headed by the present Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The oath-taking ceremony of Mann was held at Khatkar Kalan village on 16 March 2022. The 10 cabinet ministers took oath on 19 March.
Mann holds the home ministry among other portfolios. Harpal Singh Cheema is the finance minister. Harjot Singh Bains is the Education minister.
History Inauguration
On 10 March, the election results were announced. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a full majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 seats out of 117 total. The opposition parties are the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
On 11 March 2022, AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was elected by the AAP legislative members as their leader in the assembly. Mann took oath as the Chief Minister in the Punjab government in a public ceremony at Khatkar Kalan village on 16 March, when the term of the incumbent Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly expired. 10 cabinet ministers took oath on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. Eight ministers who took oath were greenhorn (first term) Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) while two were in their second term.
The cabinet can have at most 18 ministers, but Mann decided to appoint a smaller cabinet. Mann has set targets for every minister to achieve, saying people "can demand that the minister be removed" if the targets are not met.
Shuffling in the cabinet In May 2022, health minister Vijay Singla was removed from cabinet, after corruption charges were raised against him.
5 MLAs were inducted into the cabinet and their swearing in ceremony took place on 4 July 2022.
On 7 January 2023, cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarari resigned as cabinet minister upon corruption allegations following an alleged audio clip of him discussing how to extort money from contractors. He responded by denying the allegations and dubbing the clip of him "doctored". He was replaced by Dr. Balbir Singh.
On 31 May 2023, cabinet minister Inderbir Singh Nijjar resigned as cabinet minister on personal grounds.He was replaced with Balkar Singh. Along with him, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian was also given a place in cabinet by allocating him an important portfolio of Agriculture and farmers welfare among others. in January 2026 Skoon Bhandari was given the approval to be the Home Minister of State, Sports and YouthAaffairs and local body Minister for State by the Mann Government.
Council of Ministers
Minister of State
By departments An alphabetical list of all the departments of Punjab Government with terms :
By year 2022 : On 21 March, Bhagwant Mann announced the first appointment of ten ministers to the departments of Punjab state government.
2022 : On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of cabinet with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government.
Former Ministers
Minister for state Skoon Bhandari 17 January 2026.
Home Affairs sports and youth local bodies and Excise.
Demographics
DistrictMinistersName of ministersSangrur4Bhagwant Maan Harpal Singh Cheema
Aman Arora
Barinder Kumar GoyalAmritsar2Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal Harbhajan Singh ETOLudhiana2Tarunpreet Singh Sond Hardeep Singh MundianJalandhar1Mohinder BhagatBathinda1Gurmeet Singh KhuddianHoshiarpur1Ravjot SinghPatiala district1Balbir SinghSri Muktsar Sahib district1Baljeet KaurPathankot1Lal Chand KataruchakkRopar1Harjot Singh BainsTarn Taran1Laljit Singh Bhullar
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Further reading