AAP Minister Ran "Non-Existent" Department For 20 Months; "Joke," Says BJP

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Punjab government department found ‘non-existent’ nearly 20 months after allocation to minister

The department had been allocated to Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal in May 2023.

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AAP Minister Ran "Non-Existent" Department For 20 Months; "Joke," Says BJP

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and minister in the Punjab cabinet, headed two departments; the only problem was one of them did not exist. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government took nearly 20 months to notice and then make the necessary amendments through a gazette notification.  The Punjab government admitted that the Department of Administrative Reforms, allocated to Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, was "non-existe…

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Punjab minister ran 'non-existent' department for 20 months, BJP roasts AAP

The Punjab government's decision to scrap the "non-existent" Department of Administrative Reforms came as part of a major administrative overhaul, which also saw the transfer of 21 IPS officers.

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For 20 months, Punjab minister headed dept that never existed - The Tribune

It took the Punjab Government nearly 20 months to realise that a department assigned to one of its prominent ministers never actually existed.

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Punjab Chief Secretary has issued a gazette notification stating that the decision to abolish the department has been taken on the advice of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. According to the gazette, the Administrative Reforms Department previously allotted to Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal does not exist as of today.

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After 20 months, red-faced AAP govt in Punjab scraps Dhaliwal's Cabinet portfolio

Chandigarh: Leaving the AAP government in Punjab red-faced, its NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal had been heading a department that existed only on paper without allocation of staff for nearly 20 months. This fact came to light in a gazette notification issued by the Chief Secretary on Friday, stating that the Department of Administrative Reforms, allocated to Dhaliwal, was non-existent. Now, Dhaliwal will hold only the charge of the …