29 debutants – who gets what

By IANS,

New Delhi : Among the 29 MPs who made their debut as central ministers, former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Congress was made heavy industries and public enterprises minister, while former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference was given the new and renewable energy portfolio.


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Former UN undersecretary general Shashi Tharoor of the Congress was made minister of state for external affairs.

Of the three first time women ministers – Agatha Sangma (Nationalist Congress Party), who is the youngest in the council of ministers, is the MoS in the rural development ministry, while Krishna Tirath is MoS (independent charge) in the women and child development ministry and Preneet Kaur is MoS external affairs. Tirath and Kaur are of the Congress.

The others are:

Mallikarjun Kharge – Congress – cabinet minister for labour and employment

M.K. Azhagiri – DMK – cabinet minister chemicals and fertilisers.

A. Sai Prathap – Congress – MoS steel

Gurudas Kamat – Congress – MoS communications and information technology

Mahadev Khandela – Congress – MoS road transport and highways

Harish Rawat – Congress – MoS ministry of labour and employment

K.V. Thomas – Congress – MoS agriculture, consumer affairs and food and public distribution

Dinesh Trivedi – Trinamool Congress (TMC) – MoS health and family welfare

Sisir Adhikari – TMC – MoS rural development

Sultan Ahmed – TMC – MoS tourism

Mukul Roy – TMC – MoS shipping

Mohan Jatua – TMC – MoS information and broadcasting

D. Napoleon – DMK – Mos social justice and empowerment

S. Jagathrakshakan – DMK – MoS information and broadcasting

S. Gandhiselvan – DMK – MoS health and family welfare

Sachin Pilot – Congress – MoS communication and IT

Bharatsinh Solanki – Congress – MoS power

Tusharbhai Chaudhary – Congress – MoS tribal affairs

Arun Yadav – Congress – MoS youth affairs and sports

Prateek Prakashbapu Patil – Congress – MoS heavy industries and public enterprises

R.P.N Singh – Congress – MoS road transport and highways

Vincent Pala – Congress – MoS water resources

Pradeep Jain – Congress – MoS rural development

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