Sachin Pilot | ‘Humble’ Sachin Pilot to remain ‘approachable’ to people

One of the youngest members of the council of ministers, Congress MP from Ajmer Sachin Pilot says that he would remain “humble” and “approachable” to the common man like his father Rajesh Pilot was.

Mr. Pilot also said his stint in the ministry would also provide him with opportunities to learn from seniors, including his father-in-law Farooq Abdullah.

“It’s a good mix of youth and experience in the Cabinet.

I would have the opportunity to learn from the seniors,” he told PTI after the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday when asked about Mr. Abdullah being included in the Cabinet on the same day as him.

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Agatha Sangma - youngest Member of Parliament

Nationalist Congress Party’s Agatha Sangma, at just 27, is the youngest Member of Parliament and definitely the hottest thing in Indian politics.

Agatha Sangma may not be “choosy” about her portfolio, but is sure geared up to work for grassroot development.

Looking confident as she handled scores of media queries in near-impeccable Hindi right after the news broke, 27-year-old Sangma said that in all probability she will get the rural development ministry.

“I am privileged and since this is my first opportunity, I will not be choosy. Whatever position I am given, I will be happy,” the first time minister, who hails from Meghalaya and is the daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A.Sangma.

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PM's 78-member council of ministers finalised

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new government took shape today with a 78-member council of ministers, including 33 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state, being named after three days of intense negotiations.

The new government's 78-strong council of ministers makes place for 19 allies of the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government - seven each from the DMK and the Trinamool Congress, three from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and one each from the Muslim League and the National Conference.

The outgoing government also had 78 ministers, with 23 allies.

While 19 cabinet ministers, including Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and NCP's Sharad Pawar, had been sworn in last week on Friday, 14 more will take oath on Thursday morning along with 45 ministers of state, seven of whom will hold independent charge.

The new cabinet ministers include three former chief ministers - Virbhadra Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Vilasrao Deshmukh (Maharashtra) and Farooq Abdullah (Jammu and Kashmir). Three leaders from the DMK, the Congress' ally in Tamil Nadu, also find place - Dayanidhi Maran, M.K. Azhagari and A. Raja.

The others are the Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge, Kumari Selja, Subodh Kant Sahay, M.S. Gill, G.K. Vasan, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mukul Wasnik and Kantilal Bhuria.

The ministers of state with independent charge are the NCP's Praful Patel and the Congress' Prithviraj Chavan, Sriprakash Jaiswal, Salman Khurshid, Jairam Ramesh, Krishna Tirath and Dinsha Patel.

The 38 other ministers of state are E. Ahamed, V. Narayanasamy, Srikant Jena, Mullappally Ramachandran, D. Purandeswari, Panabaka Lakshmi, Ajay Maken, K.H. Muniyappa, Namo Narain Meena, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasad, A. Sai Prathap, Gurudas Kamat, M.M. Pallam Raju, Mahadev Khandela, Harish Rawat, K.V. Thomas, Saugata Ray, Dinesh Trivedi, Sisir Adhikari, Sultan Ahmed, Mukul Roy, Mohan Jatua, S.S. Palanimanickam, D. Napoleon, S. Jagathrakshakan, S. Gandhiselvan, Preneet Kaur, Sachin Pilot, Shashi Tharoor, Bharatsinh Solanki, Tusharbhai Chaudhary, Arun Yadav, Prateek Prakashbapu Patil, R.P.N. Singh, Vincent Pala, Pradeep Jain and Agatha Sangma.

Of these, E. Ahamed is from the Muslim League; the Trinamool Congress is represented by Saugata Ray, Dinesh Trivedi, Sisir Adhikari, Sultan Ahmed, Mukul Roy and Mohan Jatua; the DMK's four-member brigade comprises S.S. Palanimanickam, D. Napoleon, S. Jagathrakshakan, and S. Gandhiselvan; the NCP's lone member is Agatha Sangma.

The notable omissions in the list of cabinet ministers are H.R. Bhardwaj, Shivraj Patil, Arjun Singh, Sis Ram Ola and P.R. Kyndiah.

In the last council of ministers, there were 30 cabinet ministers, including eight allies; ministers of state with independent charge comprised seven from the Congress and one from the NCP; besides, there were 26 Congress leaders and 14 from the various allies amongst the 40 ministers of state.(IANS)

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