New brooms sweep clean. Will this new government be any less prone to corruption than previous governments?
The Hindu: “Seven Cabinet ministers, including new faces such as K. Rehman Khan and Chandresh Kumari, and 15 Ministers of State were sworn—in on Sunday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his Council of Ministers.
Five Ministers of State —— Dinsha Patel, M.M. Pallam Raju, Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken and Ashwani Kumar —— were promoted to Cabinet rank.
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari and actor—turned—politician Chiranjeevi were brought in as Ministers of State with independent charge, while Shashi Tharoor made a comeback as Minister of State after over two years.
12 new Ministers of State were sworn—in. They are Tariq Anwar (Maharashtra), K Suresh (Kerala), A H Khan Chowdhry, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry and Deepa Dasmunshi, (West Bengal), S Satyanarayana, K Jayasuyraprakash Reddy, P Balram Naik, and Killi Kriparani (Andhra Pradesh).
Lalchand Kataria (Rajasthan), Ranee Narah (Assam) and Ninong Ering (Arunachal Pradesh) are the others who were sworn—in as MoS.”
via The Hindu : News / National : Manmohan expands cabinet with new faces.
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