DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday asked the five newly inducted Cabinet ministers to discharge their duty with dedication and ensure that benefits of the government's pro-people schemes percolate to the people at the ground level. Mann was interacting with the ministers, who called on him at his official residence here, according to an official release. The chief minister said the people of the state have bestowed a huge responsibility on every one of the ministers by giving a huge mandate to them in the Assembly elections. For the well-being of the people and the progress of the state, every minister has to work with sincerity, honesty, and commitment. It is the need of the hour to restore the pristine glory of Punjab and make it a frontrunner state in the country, he said.

He said the issues of public importance must be resolved at the earliest.The Mann-led state government on Monday inducted five MLAs as ministers as it carried out a Cabinet rejig.

Hardeep Singh Mundian, Barinder Kumar Goyal, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, Ravjot Singh and Mohinder Bhagat were sworn in as Cabinet ministers.
(editor@dailyworld.in)