Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Who replaced Anurag Thakur as Minister of Sports, Information and Broadcasting?
Modi 3.0 Cabinet LIVE updatesOne of Anurag Thakur's portfolio in Modi 2.0 Cabinet was Youth Affiars and Sports. Dr.
Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the health portfolio in the previous BJP-led NDA government, will be the minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet 3.0.In the recent Lok Sabha election, Mandaviya contested from Porbandar in Gujarat. He emerged victorious with a margin of 3,83,360 votes.
Mandaviya defeated Lalit Vasoya of the Indian National Congress.The second portfolio of Anurag Thakur was Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Ashwini Vaishnaw, besides retaining his previous portfolios of Railways as well as Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, got a new responsibility as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the third term of the Modi government.Bureaucrat-turned-politician Vaishnaw first took charge as Railway Minister on July 7, 2021 and has continued it in the new cabinet formed on June 9, 2024.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured continuity in his new government by retaining Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar at the helm of the crucial Home, Defence, Finance, and External Affairs ministries, respectively.
These four ministers also constitute the vital Cabinet Committee on Security, which operates under the prime minister's leadership.In addition to the continuity, the Union Cabinet welcomed new faces, with former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan securing the Agriculture and Rural Development portfolios. Meanwhile, BJP President JP Nadda returned to the Health Ministry, a role he previously held during Modi's first term before assuming leadership positions within the BJP.Among the five members
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