New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- : Union minister Prakash Javadekar was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on Tuesday, just hours after Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant stepped down from the post citing moral grounds.
President Ram Nath Kovind in the earlier accepted Sawant's resignation and allocated the ministry to Javadekar who is already heading two other ministries -- Information and Broadcasting, and Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The Shiv Sena MP on Monday resigned from the Union cabinet after his party walked away from NDA over the power-sharing agreement in Maharashtra.
"I took oath on May 30 as Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. BJP went back from their pre-ele...