Kolkata, Aug 21 (PTI) Senior West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee was given the additional charge of the Consumer Affairs, and Self-Help Group and Self Employment departments, as per an official order.

The two portfolios were held by Sadhan Pande, who is in hospital since mid-July with lung infection.

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Pande would remain a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government but without a portfolio, the order said.

Besides the two new departments, Mukherjee holds the portfolios of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction, and Panchayat and Rural Development.

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The condition of Pande, the TMC MLA from Manicktala, is "quite critical", hospital sources said.

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