New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) 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.
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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