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Suresh Prabhu to take charge of Civil Aviation Ministry along with his current portfolio

Suresh Prabhu to take charge of Civil Aviation Ministry along with his current portfolio

| @indiablooms | 10 Mar 2018, 02:29 pm

New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has directed that Suresh Prabhu, Cabinet Minister shall be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in addition to his existing portfolio.

 A former railway minister, Prabhu is currently heading the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The appointment was necessitated after Ashok Gajapathi Raju of T elegu Desam Party (TDP) , an ally of the BJP, quit from the Cabinet on Thursday. He was heading the Civil Aviation ministry.

The TDP has walked out of the NDA ministry over the demands of a special status to the southeastern state but stayed in the alliance for now.

TDP ministers  Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y.S. Chowdary resigned on Thursday following the orders of their party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

Chowdary was the Minister of State in for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences in the BJP-led central government.

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