Saha portfolios handed over to other ministers

As Tripura Finance Minister Bhanu Lal Saha is admitted to a hospital in Delhi, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today gave his finance portfolio to Tapan Chakraborty ahead of the Budget session of the state Assembly on March 18.
The council of ministers in a meeting yesterday decided to allocate the Finance, Food and Civil Supply and Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) portfolio held by Bhanu Lal Saha to other ministers as he is sick and admitted to the AIIMS in New Delhi, state Higher Education minister Tapan Chakraborty told reporters.
"The council of ministers has taken this decision as Saha will not be able to discharge his normal duties. Now, he will remain as a minister without portfolio," Chakraborty said.

While the Finance department was allocated to Chakraborty, the Food and Civil Supply department was given to state Transport minister Manik Dey and the ICA department was given to Tourism minister Ratan Bhowmick, the minister added.