New Delhi: There's a clear Rahul effect in the Union Ministry with the social sector getting special attention. The fact that a trusted Congressman, Ghulam Nabi Azad, gets is the new Minister of Health and Family Welfare is an indicator of how strong the Gandhi scion’s influence is.
Rahul confidante - C P Joshi from Rajasthan - has been entrusted with the Rural Development ministry, his main strategist Jairam Ramesh is MoS for Environment
Rahul’s other favourite - Mukul Wasnik is the Dalit face from Maharashtra and will handle social Justice while Salman Khursheed is Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has also given important assignments to the young and the newcomer ministers of state.
Jitin Prasada is Minister of State for Petroleum; Sachin Pilot gets Communication and IT; Jyotiraditya Scindia is now in the Commerce Ministry; Shashi Tharoor - the former under secretary of the UN - is MoS in the External Affairs Ministry; Ajay Maken has been given Home and Agatha Sangma, the youngest minister in the council, is in the Rural Development Ministry
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