Newsroom24x7 Staff

New Delhi: Days after sanctioning the mass slaying of blue bulls in Bihar on the pretext of protecting the farmers’ interest, Union Minister of State for Environment, forest and climate change Pakash Javadekar was today promoted and sworn-in as a Cabinet Minister in the Narendra Modi Government.

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The President of India on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appointed and administered the oath of office and secrecy at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-

Cabinet Minister

1.
Prakash Javadekar

Ministers of State

1.
Faggan Singh Kulaste
2.
S.S. Ahluwalia
3.
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
4.
Vijay Goel
5.
Ramdas Athawale
6.
Rajen Gohain
7.
Anil Madhav Dave
8.
Parshottam Rupala
9.
M.J. Akbar
10.
Arjun Ram Meghwal
11.
Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
12.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
13.
Ajay Tamta
14.
Mrs Krishna Raj
15.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya
16.
Smt. Anupriya Patel
17.
C.R. Chaudhary
18.
P.P. Chaudhary
19.
Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
The President of India has also accepted the resignation of the following members of the Union council of Ministers with immediate effect:

1. Shri Sanwar Lal Jat
Minister of State for Water Resources
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

2. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

3. Shri Nihal Chand
Minister of State for Panchayati Raj

4. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs

5. Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria
Minister of State for Human Resource Development