Union Minister Piyush Goyal will become Rajya Sabha Chairman of the House of Representatives, succeeding Taavarchand Gelot, who was sworn in as the new governor of Karnataka last week.
Mr. Goyal, 57, who was the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha, was elected to a key role a few days before the parliament’s rainy season. The BJP leader has been a member of Rajya Sabha since 2010.
After a large-scale cabinet reorganization last week, Goyal took over the Ministry of Textiles under the control of Federal Minister Smriti Irani and continued to manage the Ministry of Textiles. Ministry of Women and Child Development. Odisha was elected as the country’s new rail minister. The wallet is in Goyal’s hands.
Goyal heads the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, and the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution. According to their official website, Indian Railways reached the highest level of safety in 201819. His father, Ved Prakash Goyal, was the shipping minister of the Atala Bihari Vajpayee government.
Party insiders said that when Nirmala Sitharaman received this portfolio, he missed the opportunity to become Minister of Finance. Arun Jaytley had previously stated that he did not want to be a cabinet secretary, and Mr. Goyal left his briefcase by his side when he was away when he was sick.
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