India News | Jitin Prasada is Technical Education Minister in UP Govt
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Jitin Prasada, who was inducted into Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's council of ministers on Sunday, has been given the charge of the technical education department.
Lucknow, Sep 27 (PTI) Jitin Prasada, who was inducted into Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's council of ministers on Sunday, has been given the charge of the technical education department.
Prasada, a former Union minister, had switched over to the BJP from the Congress.
The allocation of the department to Prasada was announced on Twitter by Adityanath on Monday.
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Prasada along with six other ministers took oath of office and secrecy at the Uttar Pradesh Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
Earlier, the portfolio was held by Kamal Rani Varun. On August 2 last year Varun succumbed to COVID-19.
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