Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Apr 30 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle took place on Monday. BJP leader Kavinder Gupta took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of the state. Two leaders, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kathua MLA Rajeev Jasrotia, PDP Pulwama MLA Mohammad Khalil Bandh took oath as ministers in Jammu and Kashmir government. The state can have a maximum of 25 ministers, including the chief minister, out of which 14 portfolios are with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the remaining are with the BJP. Eight ministers were inducted into the cabinet today, of which seven were new faces. On Sunday, Nirmal Singh tended his resignation from the post of Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister, paving the way for state assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta to assume the position in the PDxxP-BJP government led by Mehbooba Mufti. J and K Governor NN Vohra administered oath taking ceremony.
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