Dr Mansukh Mandaviya took charge of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs on Tuesday and promised to work with full commitment to improve the country's sporting landscape.
Mandaviya took over the Sports Ministry from fellow BJP leader Anurag Thakur.
Minister of State (Sports) under Mandaviya, Raksha Khadse, a three-time BJP MP from Maharashtra's Raver, was also present.
"...to empower the youth of the country and strengthen the country in the field of sports, today I took charge of @YASMinistry in Shastri Bhawan," Mandaviya posted on X after taking charge.
"We all will work together with full commitment to strengthen these areas," he added.
The 52-year-old Mandaviya, who won the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, earlier served as the Union health minister at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. He had also held the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers in the previous government.
Mandaviya was entrusted with the health portfolio in the middle of 2021 when the country was battling the COVID-19 crisis. At that time, he had replaced Dr Harsh Vardhan, who was dropped from the Council of Ministers as part of a reshuffle.
As for 37-year-old Raksha Khadse, she is the daughter-in-law of Eknath Khadse, an NCP leader of the Sharad Pawar faction who has decided to switch back to the BJP.
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