Irani takes charge of I&B ministry
18 July 2017 6:00 PM GMT
Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday assumed additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, replacing M Venkaiah Naidu who resigned following his nomination as NDA's vice presidential candidate.
"With blessings of PM @narendramodi ji, took Additional Charge of @MIB_India," Irani tweeted.
She later held a meeting with Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Prasar Bharati CEO S S Vempati and other senior officials of the I&B ministry.
Earlier, she also met Naidu.
The portfolio of urban development, which too was with Naidu, was given to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, the PMO said. MPost
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