New Delhi, Delhi Cabinet Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday took charge of the SC/ST Department, soon after taking the oath of office.
While the departments are yet to be divided among the six Cabinet ministers and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the SC/ST department has been given to Gautam.
He said he will finish the pending works and will also start a few works. An advocate by profession, Gautam was a minister in the last Kejriwal Cabinet as well.
“Like the last term, the aim this time will be to improve the lives of people. We will try to work as much as we can for the people.”
The others who took the oath of office on Sunday were Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot and Imran Hussain.