Chandigarh: Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, was divested of the crucial Local Government Department and given the Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday.

The rejig took place hours after the first state Cabinet meeting following the Lok Sabha elections which was skipped by the minister who is under fire from Singh for Congress’s “poor performance” in the state’s urban areas in the elections.