UPA Cabinet Reshuffle: Swearing-in ceremony under way
-
Jayanthi
Natarajan
swears
in
as
Environment
Minister
-
Paban
Singh
Ghatowar
swears
in
as
the
Minister
of
State
responsible
for
Development
of
North
Eastern
Region
-
Sudip
Bandopadhyaya
taking
the
oath
as
the
Minister
of
State
responsible
for
Health
and
Family
Welfare.
A
Mamata
Banerjee
loyalist.
-
Srikant
Jena
and
Gurudas
Kamat
not
attending
the
ceremony,
boycott
it
citing
displeasure
in
alloted
portfolios
-
Charan
Das
Mahant
takes
oath
as
Minister
of
State
for
Agriculture
and
Food
Processing
Industries.
He
is
a
two-time
MP
from
Chattisgarh.
-
Jitendra
Singh
sown
in
as
Home
Affairs
Minister
of
State
-
Milind
Deora
the
young
face
of
the
new
cabinet
swore
in
as
MoS
Communications
and
Information
Technology
-
Rajiv
Shukla
is
taking
charge
as
the
new
Parliamentary
Affairs
Minister.
He
hails
from
the
UP
and
a
possible
appeasement
effort
by
the
UPA
considering
the
upcoming
elections.
-
Swearing
in
ceremony
concludes
with
the
playing
of
the
National
Anthem.
-
Now
it
is
the
conventional
photo
op
of
the
newly
inducted
Ministers.
Handshakes
and
congratulations
galore
at
the
Ashoka
Hall.
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