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New Delhi, Leading News Service: The NDA government has five cabinet ministers from BJP allies. Important accounts like heavy industry and steel, panchayati raj, civil aviation have been given to these allies. By giving these important accounts, BJP has tried to balance regional and allied parties in the cabinet. However, it has been seen from this distribution of accounts that BJP did not make any compromise even after increasing pressure from the constituent parties regarding important accounts.
H. of the allied secular Janata Dal. D. Kumaraswamy has been given the ministry of heavy industries and steel while Hindustani Awam Morcha's Jitan Ram Manjhi has been given the ministry of micro, small and medium industries. Lalan Singh of the United Janata Dal was given the Panchayati Raj, Fisheries and Dairying and Animal Husbandry ministries. Telugu Desam Party's R. P. Naidu was given the Civil Aviation Ministry and Lok Jan Shakti Party's Chirag Paswan was given the Food Processing Industries Ministry.
AYUSH, Family Welfare and Public Health Ministry was given to Shiv Sena Shinde faction's Prataprao Jadhav, who has independent charge among state ministers. Among the Ministers of State, Ramdas Athawale of Ripai(A) was given the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Union Janata Dal's Ram Nath Thakur was given the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel was given the Health, Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilizers. Telugu Desam Party's Chandrasekhar Pemmasani has been given the Ministry of Rural Development and Communications.
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