Dynamite News PM Narendra Modi reshuffles cabinet; Smriti Irani removed as Information and Broadcasting Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffles his cabinet on Monday evening. Union Minister Smriti Irani removed from Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Full Details.
New Delhi: Smriti Irani, whose tenure as the Information and Broadcasting Minister was mired in controversy, was tonight divested of the portfolio as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet in which Rail Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of the Finance Ministry.
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Irani's deputy in the I and B Ministry has been given the charge of the key portfolio.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said Rathore has been assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
This is the second time that Irani has been moved from a key ministry as she was earlier shifted from the HRD Ministry to the relatively low-profile Textile Ministry. She remain the Textile Minister.
The communique said that during the indisposition of Arun Jaitley, the portfolio of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs, have been "temporarily" been assigned to Goyal.
Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant today and is recovering. (PTI)
S S Ahluwalia has been relieved of the charge of Minister of State in Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry and assigned a new portfolio of Electronics and Information Technology, the communique said.
Alphons Kannanthanam has been relieved as Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
He continues as Minister of State (Independente Charge) for Tourism.
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