Piyush Goyal Appoints New Railway Minister

Posted by: Guest on 03-09-2017 08:08

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Piyush Goyal Appoints New Railway Minister
New Delhi: Piyush Goyal replaces Suresh Prabhu who had offered to resign after a spate of train accidents in the last month.

He is currently serving as the Minister of Railways in the Government of India. He has been elevated to Cabinet minister on 3 September 2017.

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He is currently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and was earlier the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He is the son of Late Shri Ved Prakash Goyal who had served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet and was also in Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for a long time.

Earlier, he was the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy in the Government of India.