Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has relieved T.S. Singh Deo from the Panchayati Raj Minister portfolio, following his resignation last week.
Senior Cabinet Minister Ravindra Choubey was appointed as the State's Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development, even as both the Ministers will now keep their other portfolios.
This brings an end to the confusion whether Mr. Singh Deo was the Panchayati Raj Minister or not. While Mr. Baghel and Mr. Singh Deo are locked in a long-standing power tussle, the Chief Minister, in his public appearance, had said that the party would sort out every issue together. Mr Choubey’s appointment is also a sign that talks, if any, on Mr. Singh Deo reconsidering his decision, have failed.
