Monday, May 24, 2004

Many surprises in portfolio allocation

NDTV.com: "Shivraj Patil was made the Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee the Defence Minister, Kamal Nath Commerce and Industry Minister while RJD Chief was given charge of Railways portfolio and NCP President Sharad Pawar made Food and Agriculture Minister.

P M Sayeed, got the plum portfolio of Power. Lok Janshakti Party Chief Ram Vilas Paswan was made Chemicals and Fertiliser Minister with additional charge of Steel. Mukherjee, a certainty for Home portfolio, found himself in the ministry of Defence, while another Congress veteran Arjun Singh and K Natwar Singh were allocated Human Resources Development Ministry and External Affairs Ministry respectively."

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