Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal will now also hold the additional portfolio of Information, Public Relations and Languages department, which was earlier held by Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain.
Jain was apparently divested of the Information and Public Relations portfolio to avoid "conflict of interest" after her husband Rajiv Jain was appointed as the new media adviser to the Chief Minister.
He will now hold this new portfolio along with some other key departments—the ones he already holds—including home and power.
A notification to this effect was issued by the States Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, who on the advice of the CM, has allocated the above-mentioned portfolio to Manohar Lal with immediate effect.
Kavita Jain would continue to retain other key departments, including Urban and Local Bodies and Women and Child Development.
Kavita's husband Rajiv Jain, who is BJPs media-in charge of Haryana was also appointed as the new media adviser to the Haryana Chief Minister.
Amit Arya, who until recently was the media adviser to Manohar Lal, was shifted to New Delhi for coordinating with the media in the National Capital.