Sharma, Handique get elevated to rank of Cabinet ministers

It was an elevation in ranks for former Ministers of State Anand Sharma and B K Handique, who were sworn in as Union Cabinet ministers today.

It was an elevation in ranks for former Ministers of State Anand Sharma and B K Handique, who were sworn in as Union Cabinet ministers on Friday.

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While Sharma was Minister of State for External Affairs with independent charge of Information and Broadcasting, Handique was MoS Parliamentary Affairs.

Sharma had been given additional charge of the I & B Ministry after Union Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi fell sick.

C P Joshi, Mamta Banerjee, S M Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Verappa Moily are fresh faces that were not there in the earlier Cabinet.

The rest of the ministers all retain their Cabinet ranks.