Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia has been given the extra cost of the metal ministry whereas girls and baby improvement minister Smriti Irani will take care of the ministry of minority affairs following resignations of the respective incumbents Ram Chandra Prasad Singh and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi from the Union cupboard. Singh and Naqvi resigned from the cupboard a day forward of their phrases in Rajya Sabha ends.
“The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignations of Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution,” a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan mentioned. “Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, The President has directed that Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio,” it added. “As advised by the Prime Minister, The President has directed that Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Steel, in addition to his existing portfolio,” the communique mentioned.
With Naqvi resigning on Wednesday and his Rajya Sabha time period ending a day later, there can be no Muslim face within the Union Council of Ministers and among the many BJP’s 395 Members of Parliament, mentioned PTI. RCP Singh, a former bureaucrat and JD(U) chief, resigned on his birthday, one 12 months after becoming a member of the Union Cabinet from his celebration’s quota.
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