Jyotiraditya Scindia assumes additional charge of steel ministry, third minister to hold post in current Modi government

New Delhi: Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday assumed the additional charge of the Steel Ministry.

Scindia is currently in charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry. The 51-year old MP, who represents Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, is the third steel minister in the current Modi government.

Before taking his seat, he took off his footwear and placed an idol of Lord Ganesha on the table of his office in Udyog Bhawan in the national capital.

He took the charge in the presence of Steel Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh and other senior ministry officials.

आज माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के आदेशानुसार इस्पात मंत्रालय का पदभार ग्रहण किया। सभी शुभचिंतकों के आशीर्वाद से इस नए उत्तरदायित्व का निर्वहन करने का पूर्ण प्रयास करूँगा। @SteelMinIndia pic.twitter.com/vKx1xlu3Ix

— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 7, 2022

Scindia succeeds Ram Chandra Prasad Singh who resigned from the post on Wednesday, a day before the completion of his Rajya Sabha term.

Singh, a former bureaucrat and Rajya Sabha Member, last year on 8 July, had replaced Dharmendra Pradhan, who was allotted the ministry of education along with the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship in a Cabinet reshuffle.

On the advise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday directed that Minister of Civil Aviation Scindia to be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Steel in addition to his existing portfolio, according to an official statement.

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