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Balbir Singh is new Punjab Health Minister
Fauja Singh Sarari resigned earlier on Saturday
Sarari resigned following a controversy over an audio clip

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Punjab: after Sarari resignation, AAP's Balbir Singh sworn in as health minister

Name: Punjab: after Sarari resignation, AAP's Balbir Singh sworn in as health minister
Uploaded: 2023-01-07T22:31:24.000+05:30
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Channel: PTI
Description: Fauja Singh Sarari tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons. Soon after, Patiala Rural MLA Dr Balbir Singh was sworn in as the cabinet minister and was alloted the health ministry

Fauja Singh Sarari tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons. Soon after, Patiala Rural MLA Dr Balbir Singh was sworn in as the cabinet minister and was alloted the health ministry

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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Punjab: after Sarari resignation, AAP's Balbir Singh sworn in as health minister

Senior AAP leader and Patiala Rural MLA Dr Balbir Singh was on Saturday sworn in as the new Punjab Cabinet minister, shortly after Fauja Singh Sarari tendered his resignation following a controversy over an audio clip.

Balbir (66) has been allotted the Department of Health and Family Welfare, earlier held by Chetan Singh Jouramajra, as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann rejigged portfolios of some ministers.

Earlier in the day, Sarari resigned from the cabinet, months after he was embroiled in the controversy over an audio clip in which he allegedly discussed ways to "trap" some contractors in order to "extort" money.

AAP's Punjab unit spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said Sarari has resigned from the cabinet, citing "personal reasons".

Sarari is the second minister to lose a ministerial berth in the over nine-month old Mann-led cabinet. Earlier, health minister Vijay Singla was sacked on corruption charges.

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