Cabinet reshuffle: Maken, Ashwani, Pallam, Tiwari sworn in

October 28, 2012   ·   0 Comments

NEW DELHI

PM Manmohan Singh has reshuffled his Cabinet in a bid to overhaul his government’s image ahead of general election in 2014.

Seven Cabinet ministers, including new faces K Rehman Khan and Chandresh Kumari, and 15 ministers of state were sworn in today as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his council of ministers.

Five ministers of state — Dinsha Patel, M M Pallam Raju, Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken and Ashwani Kumar — were promoted to Cabinet rank. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari and actor-turned- politician Chiranjeevi were brought in as ministers of state with independent charge, while Shashi Tharoor made a comeback as minister of state after over two years.

12 new ministers of state were sworn-in. They are Tariq Anwar (Maharashtra), K Suresh (Kerala), A H Khan Chowdhry, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry and Deepa Dasmunshi, (West Bengal), S Satyanarayana, K Jayasuyraprakash Reddy, P Balram Naik, and Killi Kriparani (Andhra Pradesh).

Lalchand Kataria (Rajasthan), Ranee Narah (Assam) and Ninong Ering (Arunachal Pradesh) are the others who were sworn-in as MoS.

By Web Editor

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