Haryana gets nine ministers
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Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Saturday administered the oath of office to six cabinet ministers and three ministers of state here.
Five of the cabinet ministers - Capitan Ajay Singh, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Param Vir Singh and Geeta Bukkal - belong to the Congress while Om Prakash Jain is an independent.
The three ministers of state are Shiv Charan Sharma, Gopal Kanda and Sukhbir Kataria.
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