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    • Agencies Tags : Union Council of Ministers, Cabinet minister, swering in Posted: Thursday , May 28, 2009 at 1413 hrs New Delhi:
    Council of ministers
    President and Prime Minister with newly sworn-in ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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    The Union Council of Ministers was expanded on Thursday with the induction of 59 ministers including three former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Farooq Abdullah and Virbhadra Singh at the Cabinet level.

    In all, 14 cabinet ministers, including DMK nominees M K Alagiri, Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja, and Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge were sworn in by President Pratibha Patil, six days after Prime Minister and 19 others took oath in the first instalment.

    Seven Ministers of State with Independent Charge, including Praful Patel of NCP, Prithviraj Chavan, Salman Khursheed and Jairam Ramesh and 38 Ministers of State were also sworn in at a ceremony in the Rashtrapati Bhawan attended among others by Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

    With Thursday's induction, the strength of the Union Council of Ministers goes up to 79, including the Prime Minister, the same as the previous UPA government after the exit of Shivraj Patil.

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    M S Gill, Selja, Subodhkant Sahay, G K Vasan, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Kantilal Bhuria were the other cabinet ministers inducted today, all from Congress who have been elevated from the status of Ministers of State. Mukul Wasnik, an MoS in the P V Narasimha Rao government, has been brought in as a Cabinet Minister.

    Sriprakash Jaiswal and Dinsha Patel have been elevated as Ministers of State with Independent Charge while Delhi MP Krishna Tirath makes her ministerial debut in the same category.

    Prominent among the new ministers who were sworn in were Shashi Tharoor, a former UN diplomat who won from Thiruvananthapuram, Sachin Pilot and Praneet Kaur, wife of former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, and Agatha Sangma, daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma.

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    Rahul to the Union CabinetBy: guruprasad | 24-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward What is the necessary for rahul to be a cabinet minister, when the whole show is run by his Mother Soniaji as the UPA Chairperson. He can request the PM and his colleagues to carry out his instructions. Hence it is not necessary for him to be a minister.
    CONGRESS PLAYED COMMUNAL CARD IN LS 2009 ELECTIONS.By: B. N. Mandhar Gurdaspuri | 28-May-2009 Reply | Forward Congress has finally cast off secular credentials as Congress played communal card in LS,2009 elections,helped by chief election commissionwer,a Congress supporter,against whom Mr.Gopalaswamy had submitted to President a 90 page recommendation letter for removal of Navin Chawla.But Congress failed to take action against him.Rather he was promoted as Chief Election Commissioner on 21.4.2009 during on-going LS,2009 elections.Normally,if investigations are pending against bureaucrat his promotion,confirmation are kept sealed till investigations are completed.It would have been in the fitness of the things that Gopalaswamy should have been allowed to complete the whole election process and then retire.Heaven would not have fallen.But no!Congress and President bypassed normal routine during incomplete investigations against him,ignored his removal and rewarded him with promotion as if they were in a great hurry.It is reflection on partisan functioning of Election Commission.Thanks.
    Indian GovernmentBy: dorky | 28-May-2009 Reply | Forward Oh come on. I feel bad for Lalu Ji. The Poor fellow is out of steam altogether. His love, Rabri is also not doing any good with a blabber mouth. His brother in Law has become his enemey. All his achievements as Railway Minister are down the drain. Now Indian Railways are going to be Mamta Railways and all trains would be heading towards Bengal instead of Bihar. P o o R L a a l U. And he wants to become Prime Minister.
    Congress should learn to take the BJP into confidenceBy: viswas | 28-May-2009 Reply | Forward Despite a comprehensive victory, the Congress Party would do good to engage the opposition BJP in issues of national interest. In its last term the UPA was very adament in ignoring the BJP on every issue and if this continues then Manmohan Singh will also be counted as an ordinary politician who can't rise above his Party and extend a hand of friendship to the opposition in the interest of the nation.
    excellentBy: mohammed haneef c b | 28-May-2009 Reply | Forward Dr Manmohan Sing made a great team for his cabinet .priority to all states and younsters well don mr sirmohammed haneef c b
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