Dhami Cabinet Expansion: 5 New Ministers Inducted, Caste Equations Balanced

• Uttarakhand's Dhami government expanded its cabinet, inducting five new MLAs as ministers.
• The new ministers include Khajan Das (SC), Pradeep Batra (Punjabi), Madan Kaushik (Brahmin), Ram Singh Kaida (Thakur), and Bharat Chaudhary (Thakur).
• The expansion aims to balance caste equations, with representation from Scheduled Caste, Brahmin, Punjabi, and Thakur communities.
• Khajan Das is a two-time MLA from Rajpur, Pradeep Batra is a three-time MLA from Roorkee, and Madan Kaushik is a five-time MLA from Haridwar.
• Ram Singh Kaida (Bhimtal) and Bharat Chaudhary (Rudraprayag) are two-time MLAs, with Chaudhary taking his oath in Sanskrit.