C.P. Joshi Given Additional Charge of Railways
Union Minister C P Joshi was today given additional charge of Railway
ministry, a day after the resignation of Mukul Roy and other Trinamool Congress
ministers.
According to Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson Venu Rajamony, Joshi was assigned
with the additional charge by President Pranab Mukherjee on the advice of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh.
The announcement came on a day the Prime Minister met the President amid
speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle.
Joshi already holds the portfolio of Road Transport and Highways ministry.
The President also accepted the resignation of Roy and five other members of
Trinamool Congress after the party, which has 19 MPs in the Lok Sabha, withdrew
its support to the UPA government.
The others whose resignation was accepted by the President on the advice of the
Prime Minister were Ministers of State Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Health and Family
welfare), Saugata Roy (Urban Development), Choudhary Mohan Jatua (Information
and Broadcasting), Sultan Ahmed (Tourism) and Sisir Adhikari(Rural Development).
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