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Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur appointed new Sports Minister

Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur appointed new Sports Minister- Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur has been appointed as the new Youth Affairs and Sports Minister (MYAS) replacing Kiren Rijiju.

Thakur who remained BCCI president from May 2015 to February 2017 was earlier Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and has been promoted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi went for a complete overhaul of his cabinet.

Anurag Thakur, the BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur who was sworn-in today as a cabinet minister, has been entrusted with two important portfolios – Information and Broadcasting, and Sports.

Former BCCI President Anurag Thakur appointed new Sports Minister- After taking oath as the union cabinet minister Anurag tweeted, “I am honoured to serve the people of India as a Union Cabinet Minister and take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to Prime Minister  narendramodi  ji for entrusting me with this responsibility.”

Mr Thakur, 46, was previously the Minister of State for Finance. He is among six ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet who have been promoted. Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Parshottam Rupala, G Kishan Reddy, Mansukh Mandaviya are the other five.

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